Emerg Infect Dis, 2008 Sep;14(9):1434-6.
PMID: 18760013 DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080170

Abstract

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.

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