Changing epidemiology of malaria in Sabah, Malaysia : increasing incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi
Background: While Malaysia has had great success in controlling Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, notifications of Plasmodium malariae and the microscopically near-identical Plasmodium knowlesi increased substantially over the past decade. However, whether this represents microscopic misdiagnosis or increased recognition of P. knowlesi has remained uncertain. Methods: To describe the changing epidemiology of malaria in Sabah, in particular the increasing incidence of P. knowlesi, a retrospective descriptive study was undertaken involving a review of Department of Health malaria notif... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Schlagwörter: | DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27255295 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101550 |