Natural transmission of Plasmodium knowlesi to humans by Anopheles latens in Sarawak, Malaysia

Vythilingam, I. and Tan, C.H. and Asmad, M. and Chan, S.T. and Lee, K.S. and Singh, B. (2006) Natural transmission of Plasmodium knowlesi to humans by Anopheles latens in Sarawak, Malaysia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100 (11). p. 1087. ISSN 0035-9203, DOI 16725166 .

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Abstract

Four species of malaria parasites are known to infect humans. A fifth species, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been reported to infect humans in Malaysian Borneo. Here we report for the first time the incrimination of Anopheles latens as the vector of P. knowlesi among humans and monkeys in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anopheles latens; malaria; Malaysian Borneo
Subjects:	R Medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User:	Miss Nur Jannatul Adnin Ahmad Shafawi
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2013 02:11
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2013 02:11
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/4223

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