Emerg Infect Dis, 2021 10;27(10):2700-2703.
PMID: 34545786 DOI: 10.3201/eid2710.210412

Abstract

We detected 2 natural, asymptomatic Plasmodium inui monoinfections in humans in Malaysia by using nested PCR on concentrated high-volume blood samples. We found a P. inui-positive Anopheles cracens mosquito in the same site as the human infections. Investigators should use ultrasensitive detection methods to identify simian malaria parasite transmission in humans.

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