Plasmodium knowlesi in human, Indonesian Borneo.
Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P. knowlesi infection acquired in Indonesian Borneo that was imported into Australia. Clinicians need to consider this diagnosis in a patient who has acquired malaria in forest areas of Southeast Asia.
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Melanie
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Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Hwy, St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia.melfi_gtree@yahoo.com.au
Lee
Rogan
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Bain
Lisa
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Kennedy
Tom
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Mackertich
Sonia
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Urban
Merrill
M
Cheng
Qin
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Hudson
Bernard J
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D000328:Adult; D001893:Borneo / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi; D014195:Travel