title: A zoonotic human infection with simian malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi, in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Indonesian archipelago is endemic for malaria. Although Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are the most common causes for malaria cases, P. malariae and P. ovale are also present in certain regions. Zoonotic case of malaria had just became the attention of public health communities after the Serawak study in 2004. However, zoonotic case in Indonesia is still under reported; only one published report of knowlesi malaria in South Kalimantan in 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in a worker from a charcoal mining company in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia was described. The worker suffered from fever following his visit to a lowland forest being cut and converted into a new mining location.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study confirmed a zoonotic infection using polymerase chain reaction amplification and Sanger sequencing of plasmodial DNA encoding the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI).
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia. tari@eijkman.go.id.
authors.forename: Wuryantari
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Setiadi
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Herawati
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sudoyo
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Hidayat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trimarsanto
authors.affiliation: Muara Teweh Secondary Referral Hospital, Barito Utara Regency, Muara Teweh, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Boy Adventus
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sihite
authors.affiliation: Muara Teweh Secondary Referral Hospital, Barito Utara Regency, Muara Teweh, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Riahdo Juliarman
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Saragih
authors.affiliation: Health Office of Central Kalimantan Province, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juliawaty
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Suradi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wangsamuda
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Puji Budi Setia
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Asih
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.|Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hasanudin, Makasar, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Din
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Syafruddin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001893:Borneo; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Central Kalimantan; Indonesia; Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase sub-unit I (mtCOI); Plasmodium knowlesi