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

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Sep 2010
By Jiang, Ning ; Chang, Qiaocheng ; Sun, Xiaodong ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Jiang, Ning ; Chang, Qiaocheng ; Sun, Xiaodong ; Lu, Huijun ; Yin, Jigang ; Zhang, Zaixing ; Wahlgren, Mats ; Chen, Qijun
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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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Animals Co-infection Dispatch DNA, Protozoan Humans Malaria Malaria, Falciparum Malaria, Vivax Molecular Sequence Data Parasites Phylogeny Plasmodium Knowlesi Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence RNA, Ribosomal, 18S Vector-borne Infections
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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(9):1476-1478.
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Myanmar
Location:

Asia
Volume:

16
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:212f46d12e783804d0336a31f6c4725825a69485720948679ae9372fbacc1227
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