In 2004 a large focus of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria was reported in the human
population in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite of the South …

Ten years have passed since the publication of a large focus of P lasmodium knowlesi
infections in the human population. The discovery was made during a molecular …

Background The emergence of human malaria due to the monkey parasite Plasmodium
knowlesi threatens elimination efforts in southeast Asia. Changes in land use are thought to …

Originally known to cause simian malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi is now known as the fifth
human malaria species. Since the publishing of a report that largely focused on human …

The dominant cause of malaria in Malaysia is now Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic
parasite of cynomolgus macaque monkeys found throughout South East Asia. Comparative …

Plasmodium knowlesi is endemic across Southeast Asia, and is the commonest cause of
zoonotic malaria. The spectrum of clinical disease from P. knowlesi infection ranges from …

Infections of humans with the zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi occur
throughout Southeast Asia, although most cases have occurred in Malaysia, where P …

Malaria is caused by multiple different species of protozoan parasites, and interventions in
the pre-elimination phase can lead to drastic changes in the proportion of each species …

Plasmodium knowlesi is a newly described zoonosis that causes malaria in the human
population that can be severe and fatal. The study of P. knowlesi parasites from human …

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite normally residing in long-tailed and pig-
tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina, respectively) found …