Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar

Jiang, Ning; Chang, Qiaocheng; Sun, Xiaodong; Lu, Huijun; Yin, Jigang; Zhang, Zaixing; Wahlgren, Mats; Chen, Qijun

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Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar

Published Date:

Sep 2010

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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(9):1476-1478.

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Jiang, Ning ; Chang, Qiaocheng ; Sun, Xiaodong ; Lu, Huijun ; Yin, Jigang ; ... More ▼

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To determine the frequency of co-infections with Plasmodium species in southern Myanmar, we investigated the prevalence of P. knowlesi. More than 20% of patients with malaria had P. knowlesi infection, which occurred predominantly as a co-infection with either P. falciparum or P. vivax.

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