title: Knowlesi malaria in Vietnam.
abstract: The simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi is transmitted in the forests of Southeast Asia. Symptomatic zoonotic knowlesi malaria in humans is widespread in the region and is associated with a history of spending time in the jungle. However, there are many settings where knowlesi transmission to humans would be expected but is not found. A recent report on the Ra-glai population of southern central Vietnam is taken as an example to help explain why this may be so.
authors: Centre For Infection, St George's University of London, UK. coxsingh@gmail.com
authors: Janet
authors: J
authors: Cox-Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014744:Vietnam