Plasmodium knowlesi infection imported to Germany, January 2013.
Plasmodium knowlesi was known as a plasmodium of macaques until P. knowlesi transmission to humans was recognised in Borneo and later throughout South-East Asia. We describe here a case of a P. knowlesi infection imported to Germany from Thailand. The patient had not taken antimalarial chemoprophyla...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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