Context The role of percutaneous renal tumour biopsy (RTB) remains controversial due to
uncertainties regarding its diagnostic accuracy and safety. Objective We performed a …

Plasmodium knowlesi is a malaria parasite that is found in nature in long-tailed and pig-
tailed macaques. Naturally acquired human infections were thought to be extremely rare …

Background Nucleic acid amplification is the most sensitive and specific method to detect
Plasmodium falciparum. However the polymerase chain reaction remains laboratory-based …

Isothermal nucleic acid amplification assays such as the loop mediated isothermal
amplification (LAMP), are well suited for field use as they do not require thermal cyclers to …

Simian malaria from wild non-human primate populations is increasingly recognised as a
public health threat and is now the main cause of human malaria in Malaysia and some …

In 2004 a large focus of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria was reported in the human
population in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite of the South …

Malaria has been responsible for the highest mortality in most malaria endemic countries.
Even after decades of malaria control campaigns, it still persists as a disease of high …

Plasmodium knowlesi was initially identified in the 30s as a natural Plasmodium of Macaca
fascicularis monkey also capable of experimentally infecting humans. It gained a relative …

Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease, caused by five different species of the genus
Plasmodium, and is endemic to many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the globe. At …

As malaria transmission continues to decrease, an increasing number of countries will enter
pre-elimination and elimination. To interrupt transmission, changes in control strategies are …