Plasmodium knowlesi: the game changer for malaria eradication

Malaria Journal

Review

Amirah Amir¹  Meng Yee Lai¹  Wei Kit Phang¹  Wenn-Chyau Lee¹  Yee-Ling Lau¹  Jia Hui Tan¹  Fei Wen Cheong¹  Shahhaziq Shahari¹ 

[1] Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;

关键词: Plasmodium knowlesi;    Humans;    Research;    Malaria eradication;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-022-04131-8

 received in 2021-11-05, accepted in 2022-03-18,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast Asia and causes many cases with fulminant pathology. Despite several biogeographical restrictions that limit its distribution, knowlesi malaria cases have been reported in different parts of the world due to travelling and tourism activities. Here, breakthroughs and key information generated from recent (over the past five years, but not limited to) studies conducted on P. knowlesi were reviewed, and the knowledge gap in various research aspects that need to be filled was discussed. Besides, challenges and strategies required to control and eradicate human malaria with this emerging and potentially fatal zoonosis were described.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2022. corrected publication 2023

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