title: Human Infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, the Philippines.
abstract: Five human cases of infection with the simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi from Palawan, the Philippines, were confirmed by nested PCR. This study suggests that this zoonotic infection is found across a relatively wide area in Palawan and documents autochthonous cases in the country.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Tropical Medicine - Parasitology, Fillinvest Compound, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Muntinlupa 1781, the Philippines. jluchavez@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luchavez
authors.forename: Fe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espino
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Curameng
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espina
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nolder
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: Kim-Sung
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Balbir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000469:parasitology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*