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Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016
Research

Phylogeographic Evidence for 2 Genetically Distinct Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Parasites, Malaysia

Ruhani Yusof1, Md Atique Ahmed1, Jenarun Jelip, Hie Ung Ngian, Sahlawati Mustakim, Hani Mat Hussin, Mun Yik Fong, Rohela Mahmud, Frankie Anak Thomas Sitam, J. Rovie-Ryan Japning, Georges Snounou, Ananias A. Escalante, and Yee Ling LauComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Malaya Faculty of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (R. Yusof, M.A. Ahmed, M.Y. Fong, R. Mahmud, Y.L. Lau); Sabah State Health Department, Sabah, Malaysia (J. Jelip); Hospital Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia (H.U. Ngian); Hospital Tengku Microbiology Laboratory, Ampuan Rahimah, Selangor, Malaysia (S. Mustakim); Kelantan State Health Department, Kelantan, Malaysia (H.M. Hussin); Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (F.A.T. Sitam, J. Rovie-Ryan); Sorbonne Universités, INSERM, Paris, France (G. Snounou); Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (G. Snounou, A.A. Escalante)

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Table 2

Samples and sequences obtained for the PkCOX1 gene used to distinguish the 2 distinct Plasmodium knowlesi parasite populations in Malaysia*

Location No. sequences
 Total sequences obtained
No. samples†
 Human
 Macaque
Human Macaque This study‡ GenBank§ This study‡ GenBank§
Peninsular Malaysia
Kelantan 13 ND 15 ND ND ND 15
Johor 3 ND 4 ND ND ND 4
Selangor 7 5 5 ND 5 1 11
Terengganu 2 ND 1 ND 0 ND 1
Pahang 14 1 18 ND 2 1 21
Negeri Sembilan
 4
 2
ND
 1
1
 ND
 2
Malaysian Borneo
Sarawak 22 ND 23 21 ND 22 66
Sabah
 13
 ND
18
 ND
ND
 ND
 18
Total samples NA 86 78 22 8 12 100 human + 20 macaque
Total sequences NA NA 84 22 8 24 106 human + 32 macaque

*NA, not applicable; ND, no data; PkCOX1 P. knowlesi cytochrome oxidase subunit I.
†Previously collected samples used for this study.
‡GenBank accession nos.KT900705–KT900797).
§GenBank accession numbers listed in online Technical Appendix Table (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/22/8/15-1885-Techapp1.pdf).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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