Monkey malaria in a European traveler returning from Malaysia

In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinici...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2008-09, Vol.14 (9), p.1434-1436
Main Authors: Kantele, Anu, Marti, Hanspeter, Felger, Ingrid, Müller, Dania, Jokiranta, T Sakari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Diagnosis
Dispatch
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Drug therapy
emerging
Finland
Health aspects
Humans
Malaria
Malaria - drug therapy
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - parasitology
Malaysia - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
monkey diseases
Monkeys
parasitology
PCR
Plasmodium
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium knowlesi
Plasmodium knowlesi - isolation & purification
Quinine - therapeutic use
Risk factors
Travel
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Summary:In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1409.080170