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SUBMITTER: Kosaisavee V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600141 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blood 20170711 11
Two malaria parasites of Southeast Asian macaques, <i>Plasmodium knowlesi</i> and <i>P cynomolgi</i>, can infect humans experimentally. In Malaysia, where both species are common, zoonotic knowlesi malaria has recently become dominant, and cases are recorded throughout the region. By contrast, to date, only a single case of naturally acquired <i>P cynomolgi</i> has been found in humans. In this study, we show that whereas <i>P cynomolgi</i> merozoites invade monkey red blood cells indiscriminate ...[more]