"Plasmodium knowlesi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protozoan parasite from Southeast Asia that causes monkey malaria. It is naturally acquired by man in Malaysia and can also be transmitted experimentally to humans.
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D016790
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.380.611.610
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmodium knowlesi" by people in Profiles.
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Case Report: Plasmodium knowlesi Infection with Rhabdomyolysis in a Japanese Traveler to Palawan, the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 10; 99(4):967-969.
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Retrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifies Plasmodium knowlesi as most frequent Plasmodium species in returning travellers from Thailand to Germany. Euro Surveill. 2018 07; 23(29).
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Plasmodium knowlesi infection in a returning German traveller from Thailand: a case report on an emerging malaria pathogen in a popular low-risk travel destination. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 04 02; 18(1):148.
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A novel PCR-based system for the detection of four species of human malaria parasites and Plasmodium knowlesi. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0191886.
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A reference genome and methylome for the Plasmodium knowlesi A1-H.1 line. Int J Parasitol. 2018 03; 48(3-4):191-196.
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Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a traveller returning from the Philippines to Italy, 2016. New Microbiol. 2017 Oct; 40(4):291-294.
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Malaria epidemiology in central Myanmar: identification of a multi-species asymptomatic reservoir of infection. Malar J. 2017 Jan 05; 16(1):16.
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Severe Plasmodium knowlesi infection with multi-organ failure imported to Germany from Thailand/Myanmar. Malar J. 2014 Nov 04; 13:422.