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Plasmodium knowlesi

Known as: Plasmodium knowlesus, knowlesi, Plasmodium, simian plasmodia 
A protozoan parasite from Southeast Asia that causes monkey malaria. It is naturally acquired by man in Malaysia and can also be transmitted… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A prospective comparative study of knowlesi, falciparum, and vivax malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: high proportion with severe disease from Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax but no mortality with…
BACKGROUND Plasmodium knowlesi commonly causes severe malaria in Malaysian Borneo, with high case-fatality rates reported. We… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a tertiary care hospital, Sabah, Malaysia.
The simian parasite Plasmodium knowlesi causes severe human malaria; the optimal treatment remains unknown. We describe the… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Plasmodium knowlesi in Human, Indonesian Borneo
Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Clinical and laboratory features of human Plasmodium knowlesi infection.
BACKGROUND Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly recognized as a cause of human malaria in Southeast Asia but there are no detailed… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Morphological features and differential counts of Plasmodium knowlesi parasites in naturally acquired human infections
BackgroundHuman infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, are more common than previously thought. They… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Human Plasmodium knowlesi infections in young children in central Vietnam
BackgroundConsidering increasing reports on human infections by Plasmodium knowlesi in Southeast Asian countries, blood samples… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi
Plasmodium knowlesi is an intracellular malaria parasite whose natural vertebrate host is Macaca fascicularis (the ‘kra’ monkey… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Human Infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, the Philippines
Human Infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, the Philippines 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Naturally Acquired Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection, Singapore
Naturally Acquired Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection, Singapore 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Naturally Acquired Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Human, Thailand
We describe a case of naturally acquired infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Thailand. Diagnosis was confirmed by the small… 
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