Commentary
Knowlesi malaria in Vietnam
Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Centre For Infection, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
The Malaria Research Centre, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:269 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-269
Published: 26 November 2009Abstract
The simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi is transmitted in the forests of Southeast Asia. Symptomatic zoonotic knowlesi malaria in humans is widespread in the region and is associated with a history of spending time in the jungle. However, there are many settings where knowlesi transmission to humans would be expected but is not found. A recent report on the Ra-glai population of southern central Vietnam is taken as an example to help explain why this may be so.
