TY - JOUR AU - Kantele, Anu AU - Marti, Hanspeter AU - Felger, Ingrid AU - Müller, Dania AU - Jokiranta, T. Sakari T1 - Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 9 SP - 1434 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers. KW - Plasmodium knowlesi KW - malaria KW - monkey diseases KW - parasitology KW - PCR KW - emerging KW - communicable diseases KW - dispatch KW - Malaysia DO - 10.3201/eid1409.080170 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/9/08-0170_article ER - End of Reference