TY - JOUR AU - Jongwutiwes, Somchai AU - Putaporntip, Chaturong AU - Iwasaki, Takuya AU - Sata, Tetsutaro AU - Kanbara, Hiroji T1 - Naturally Acquired Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Human, Thailand T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 2211 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a case of naturally acquired infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Thailand. Diagnosis was confirmed by the small subunit ribosomal RNA and the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. The occurrence of simian malaria in human has signified the roles of wild primate populations in disease transmission in some malaria-endemic areas. KW - Plasmodium knowlesi KW - simian malaria KW - primate KW - small subunit ribosomal RNA KW - mitochondrial cytochrome b KW - naturally acquired infection KW - sequence KW - Giemsa stain KW - Thailand KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1012.040293 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/12/04-0293_article ER - End of Reference