Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia

In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinici...

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Autores principales: Kantele, Anu, Marti, Hanspeter, Felger, Ingrid, Müller, Dania, Jokiranta, T. Sakari
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.080170
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author Kantele, Anu
Marti, Hanspeter
Felger, Ingrid
Müller, Dania
Jokiranta, T. Sakari
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Marti, Hanspeter
Felger, Ingrid
Müller, Dania
Jokiranta, T. Sakari
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description In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers.
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spelling pubmed-26031002009-01-13 Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia Kantele, Anu Marti, Hanspeter Felger, Ingrid Müller, Dania Jokiranta, T. Sakari Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2603100/ /pubmed/18760013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.080170 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Kantele, Anu
Marti, Hanspeter
Felger, Ingrid
Müller, Dania
Jokiranta, T. Sakari
Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title_full Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title_fullStr Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title_short Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia
title_sort monkey malaria in a european traveler returning from malaysia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.080170
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