TY - JOUR AU - Khim, Nimol AU - Siv, Sovannaroth AU - Kim, Saorin AU - Mueller, Tara AU - Fleischmann, Erna AU - Singh, Balbir AU - Divis, Paul Cliff Simon AU - Steenkeste, Nicolas AU - Duval, Linda AU - Bouchier, Christiane AU - Duong, Socheat AU - Ariey, Frederic AU - Ménard, Didier T1 - Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Humans, Cambodia, 2007–2010 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 10 SP - 1900 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two cases of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in humans were identified in Cambodia by 3 molecular detection assays and sequencing. This finding confirms the widespread distribution of P. knowlesi malaria in humans in Southeast Asia. Further wide-scale studies are required to assess the public health relevance of this zoonotic malaria parasite. KW - Plasmodium knowlesi KW - simian malaria KW - epidemiology KW - Southeast Asia KW - malaria KW - parasites KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - Cambodia KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1710.110355 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/11-0355_article ER - End of Reference