Epidemiology of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in north-east Sabah, Malaysia: family clusters and wide age distribution

Abstract Background The simian parasite Plasmodium knowlesi is a common cause of human malaria in Malaysian Borneo, with a particularly high incidence in Kudat, Sabah. Little is known however about the epidemiology in this substantially deforested region. Methods Malaria microscopy records at Kudat...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Barber Bridget E, William Timothy, Dhararaj Prabakaran, Anderios Fread, Grigg Matthew J, Yeo Tsin W, Anstey Nicholas M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012
Subjects:
Plasmodium knowlesi
Malaria
Epidemiology
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Three Brothers
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-401
https://doaj.org/article/3ad80051c6eb4a838b79eca3cdf6c711

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