Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Humans, Cambodia, 2007–2010

Nimol Khim¹, Sovannaroth Siv¹, Saorin Kim, Tara Mueller, Erna Fleischmann, Balbir Singh, Paul Cliff Simon Divis, Nicolas Steenkeste, Linda Duval, Christiane Bouchier, Socheat Duong, Frederic Ariey, and Didier Ménard

Author affiliations: Pasteur Institute of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (N. Khim, S. Kim, F. Ariey, D. Ménard); National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh (S. Siv, S. Duong); University of Munich, Munich, Germany (T. Mueller, E. Fleischmann); University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia (B. Singh, P.C.S. Divis); Fondation Mérieux, Phnom Penh (N. Steenkeste); Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon (L. Duval); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (C. Bouchier)

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A) The 3 sites involved in the epidemiologic study of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, Cambodia, 2007–2010. B) Villages in Pailin Province in which the 2 P. knowlesi malaria case-patients lived. C) Thin blood film slide of 1 PCR-confirmed P. knowlesi single infection (case C2611). Original magnification ×1,000.

Figure. A) The 3 sites involved in the epidemiologic study of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, Cambodia, 2007–2010. B) Villages in Pailin Province in which the 2 P. knowlesi malaria case-patients lived. C) Thin blood film slide of 1 PCR-confirmed P. knowlesi single infection (case C2611). Original magnification ×1,000.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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