title: Plasmodium knowlesi: a malaria parasite of monkeys and humans.
abstract: Plasmodium knowlesi is a malaria parasite of monkeys of Southeast Asia that is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Anopheles leucosphyrus group. Humans are frequently infected with this parasite and misdiagnosed as being infected with Plasmodium malariae. The parasite was a major monkey animal model for developing antimalarial vaccines and investigations of the biology of parasite invasion. P. knowlesi is the first monkey malaria parasite genome to be sequenced and annotated.
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. wec1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000469:parasitology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000502:physiology*