Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodium knowlesi Infection

Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodium knowlesi Infection

Reports of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi , a monkey malaria, suggest that it and other nonhuman malaria species may be an emerging health problem. We report the use of a rapid test to supplement microscopic analysis in distinguishing the 5 malaria species that infect humans.

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2008-11, Vol.14 (11), p.1750-1752
Hauptverfasser: McCutchan, Thomas F., Piper, Robert C., Makler, Michael T.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Borneo
Dispatch
lactate dehydrogenase
malaria diagnostic
mimetopes
monkey malaria
Plasmodium cynomolgi
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Zusammenfassung:Reports of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi , a monkey malaria, suggest that it and other nonhuman malaria species may be an emerging health problem. We report the use of a rapid test to supplement microscopic analysis in distinguishing the 5 malaria species that infect humans.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1411.080840