Naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in human, Thailand.
We describe a case of naturally acquired infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Thailand. Diagnosis was confirmed by the small subunit ribosomal RNA and the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. The occurrence of simian malaria in human has signified the roles of wild primate populations in disease transmission in some malaria-endemic areas.
Jongwutiwes
Somchai
S
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. fmedsjw@md2.md.chula.ac.th
Putaporntip
Chaturong
C
Iwasaki
Takuya
T
Sata
Tetsutaro
T
Kanbara
Hiroji
H
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
D016053:RNA, Protozoan