Plasmodium knowlesi: the game changer for malaria eradication

WC Lee, FW Cheong, A Amir, MY Lai, JH Tan… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical
interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast …

Why Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are so different? A tale of two clades and their species diversities

AA Escalante, AS Cepeda, MA Pacheco - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
The global malaria burden sometimes obscures that the genus Plasmodium comprises
diverse clades with lineages that independently gave origin to the extant human parasites …

Prevalence of severe Plasmodium knowlesi infection and risk factors related to severe complications compared with non-severe P. knowlesi and severe P. falciparum …

M Kotepui, KU Kotepui, GD Milanez… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Plasmodium knowlesi is a potential cause of severe and fatal malaria, but
comprehensive studies of its pooled prevalence and risk factors are lacking. This study …

Plasmodium cynomolgi in humans: current knowledge and future directions of an emerging zoonotic malaria parasite

LP Kojom Foko, A Kumar, J Hawadak, V Singh - Infection, 2023 - Springer
Plasmodium cynomolgi (Pcy), a simian malaria parasite, is a recent perfect example of
emerging zoonotic transfer in human. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the …

Updating estimates of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria risk in response to changing land use patterns across Southeast Asia

RJ Tobin, LE Harrison, MK Tully… - PLoS neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria in humans.
The pathogen has a natural host reservoir in certain macaque species and is transmitted to …

Zoonotic simian malaria parasites in free-ranging Macaca fascicularis macaques and human malaria patients in Thailand, with a note on genetic characterization of …

D Narapakdeesakul, T Pengsakul… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the natural occurrences of human infections by Plasmodium knowlesi, P. cynomolgi,
P. inui, and P. fieldi in Thailand, investigating the prevalence and genetic diversity of the …

Plasmodium knowlesi infecting humans in Southeast Asia: What's next?

NK Jeyaprakasam, JWK Liew, VL Low… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, has been in the limelight since a large
focus of human P. knowlesi infection was reported from Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) in …

Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina infected with zoonotic malaria parasites are widely distributed in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

T Nada-Raja, KA Kadir, PCS Divis, DSA Mohamad… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of Macaca fascicularis and
Macaca nemestrina (long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques respectively), occur throughout …

Prevalence of simian malaria among macaques in Malaysia (2000–2021): a systematic review

J Sam, NA Shamsusah, AH Ali, R Hod… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The aim of Malaysia to eliminate malaria nationwide by 2020 seems need to be
prolonged. Whilst Malaysia has successfully eliminated human malaria transmission, simian …

Zoonotic pathogens in wild Asian primates: a systematic review highlighting research gaps

L Patouillat, A Hambuckers, S Adi Subrata… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Ongoing global changes, including natural land conversion for agriculture and
urbanization, modify the dynamics of human–primate contacts, resulting in increased …