Natural <i>Plasmodium inui</i> Infections in Humans and <i>Anopheles cracens</i> Mosquito, Malaysia
Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Fatma Diyana Mohd Bukhari, Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam, Wei Kit Phang, Indra Vythilingam, Yee Ling Lau
Abstract
Z oonotic transmission of simian malaria parasites to humans have been occurring in Southeast Asia and South America. Among the 3 simian malaria parasites in Southeast Asia experimentally shown to infect humans (1), Plasmodium knowlesi, P. cynomolgi, and P. inui, only P. knowlesi and P. cynomolgi have been reported in cases of natural infection (2). We report 2 natural, asymptomatic P. inui human infections detected by using nested PCR (nPCR) on concentrated high-volume blood.
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MalariaAnophelesPlasmodium (life cycle)BiologyVirologyPlasmodium falciparumImmunologyParasite hostingComputer scienceWorld Wide WebMalaria Research and ControlMosquito-borne diseases and control