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 …

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 …

A single Anopheles dirus mosquito carrying sporozoites of Plasmodium knowlesi, P.
falciparum, and P. vivax was recently discovered in Khanh Phu, southern Vietnam. Further …

Background Considering increasing reports on human infections by Plasmodium knowlesi
in Southeast Asian countries, blood samples collected during two large cross-sectional …

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 …

Background The simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi is emerging as a public
health problem in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysian Borneo where it now accounts …

Naturally acquired human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi are endemic to Southeast
Asia. To determine the prevalence of P. knowlesi malaria in malaria-endemic areas of …

Ten years have passed since the publication of a large focus of P lasmodium knowlesi
infections in the human population. The discovery was made during a molecular …

Background The elimination of malaria in Southeast Asia has become more challenging as
a result of rising knowlesi malaria cases. In addition, naturally occurring human infections …

Plasmodium knowlesi is now regarded as the fifth malaria parasite causing human malaria
as it is widely distributed in South-East Asian countries especially east Malaysia where two …