Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar

Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar

To determine the frequency of co-infections with Plasmodium species in southern Myanmar, we investigated the prevalence of P. knowlesi. More than 20% of patients with malaria had P. knowlesi infection, which occurred predominantly as a co-infection with either P. falciparum or P. vivax.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ning Jiang, Qiaocheng Chang, Xiaodong Sun, Huijun Lu, Jigang Yin, Zaixing Zhang, Mats Wahlgren, Qijun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Plasmodium knowlesi
malaria
co-infection
Myanmar
parasites
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0339_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0339_article

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