First case of detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Spain by Real Time PCR in a traveller from Southeast Asia

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Arroyo Eduardo, Martínez María, Lanza Marta, Salas Ana, Ali-Tammam Marwa, Tang Thuy-Huong, Rubio Jose
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2010
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Traveller
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-219; https://doaj.org/article/8d34f926fd734bc7b763589efa0f05fa

Abstract Previously, Plasmodium knowlesi was not considered as a species of Plasmodium that could cause malaria in human beings, as it is parasite of long-tailed ( Macaca fascicularis ) and pig-tailed ( Macaca nemestrina ) macaques found in Southeast Asia. A case of infection by P. knowlesi is descr...