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Phylogeographic Evidence for 2 Genetically Distinct Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Parasites, Malaysia.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2016
Yusof Ruhani, Ahmed Md Atique, Jelip Jenarun, Ngian Hie Ung, Mustakim Sahlawati, Hussin Hani Mat, Fong Mun Yik, Mahmud Rohela, Sitam Frankie Anak Thomas, Japning J Rovie-Ryan, Snounou Georges, Escalante Ananias A, Lau Yee Ling
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Infections of humans with the zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi occur throughout Southeast Asia, although most cases have occurred in Malaysia, where P. knowlesi is now the dominant malaria species. This apparently skewed distribution prompted an investigation of the phylogeography of this parasite in 2 geographically separated regions of Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo. We...
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