Background Update diagnostic methods play essential roles in dealing with the current
global malaria situation and decreasing malaria incidence. Aim Global malaria control …

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical
interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast …

Abstract Background In Southeast Asia, Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite of long-tailed
macaques (Macaca fascicularis), is an important cause of human malaria. Plasmodium …

Abstract Background The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report
documents substantial progress towards control and elimination of malaria. However, major …

Background Land use changes disrupt ecosystems, altering the transmission of vector-
borne diseases. These changes have been associated with increasing incidence of zoonotic …

Background Malaysia aims to eliminate malaria by 2020. However, while cases of
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax have decreased substantially, the incidence …

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 …

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 …

The complex transmission ecologies of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases pose
challenges to their control, especially in changing landscapes. Human incidence of zoonotic …

Malaria causes high levels of morbidity and mortality in human beings worldwide. According
to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half a million people die of this disease each …