Monkey malaria kills four humans.
Four human deaths caused by Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria species, are stimulating a surge of public health interest and clinical vigilance in vulnerable areas of Southeast Asia. We, and other colleagues, emphasize that these cases, identified in Malaysia, are a clear warning that health facilities and clinicians must rethink the diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases presumed to be caused by a less virulent human malaria species, Plasmodium malariae.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. mary.galinski@emory.edu
Mary R
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Galinski
John W
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Barnwell
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology; D002423:Cause of Death; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014774:Virulence; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission
D016054:DNA, Protozoan