Human Infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, the Philippines.
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.
Luchavez
Jennifer
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Research Institute for Tropical Medicine - Parasitology, Fillinvest Compound, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Muntinlupa 1781, the Philippines. jluchavez@yahoo.com
Espino
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Curameng
Peter
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Espina
Ronald
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Bell
David
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Chiodini
Peter
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Nolder
Debbie
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Sutherland
Colin
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Lee
Kim-Sung
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Singh
Balbir
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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*