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SUBMITTER: Jeyaprakasam NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774830 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20201231 12
Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, has been in the limelight since a large focus of human P. knowlesi infection was reported from Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) in 2004. Although this infection is transmitted across Southeast Asia, the largest number of cases has been reported from Malaysia. The increasing number of knowlesi malaria cases has been attributed to the use of molecular tools for detection, but environmental changes including deforestation likely play a major role by increas ...[more]