Simian malaria from wild non-human primate populations is increasingly recognised as a
public health threat and is now the main cause of human malaria in Malaysia and some …

Kalimantan is a part of Indonesia, which occupies the southern three-quarters of the island
of Borneo, sharing a border with the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. Although most …

The emergence of zoonotic malaria in different parts of the world, including Indonesia poses
a challenge to the current malaria control and elimination program that target global malaria …

Protozoans within the genus Plasmodium are well-known as the causative agents of malaria
in humans. Numerous Plasmodium species parasites also infect a wide range of non-human …

Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, has been in the limelight since a large
focus of human P. knowlesi infection was reported from Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) in …

Malaria parasites, though widespread among wild chimpanzees and gorillas, have not been
detected in bonobos. Here, we show that wild-living bonobos are endemically Plasmodium …

Background Parasites from the genus Plasmodium, the aetiological agent of malaria in
humans, can also infect non-human primates (NHP), increasing the potential risk of zoonotic …

Within the past two decades, incidence of human cases of the zoonotic malaria Plasmodium
knowlesi has increased markedly. P. knowlesi is now the most common cause of human …

Background Indonesia is home to many species of non-human primates (NHPs).
Deforestation, which is still ongoing in Indonesia, has substantially reduced the habitat of …

Zoonotic cases of Plasmodium knowlesi account for most malaria cases in Malaysia, and
humans infected with P. cynomolgi, another parasite of macaques have recently been …