Plasmodium knowlesi in Human, Indonesian Borneo

Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P. knowlesi infection acquired in Indonesian Borneo that was imported into Australia. Clinicians need to consider this diagnosis in a patient who has acquired malaria in forest ar...

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Autores principales: Figtree, Melanie, Lee, Rogan, Bain, Lisa, Kennedy, Tom, Mackertich, Sonia, Urban, Merrill, Cheng, Qin, Hudson, Bernard J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20350383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1604.091624
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Sumario:Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P. knowlesi infection acquired in Indonesian Borneo that was imported into Australia. Clinicians need to consider this diagnosis in a patient who has acquired malaria in forest areas of Southeast Asia.

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