Journal article
Estimating geographical variation in the risk of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi infection in countries eliminating malaria.
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Background
Infection by the simian malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, can lead to severe and fatal disease in humans, and is the most common cause of malaria in parts of Malaysia. Despite being a serious public health concern, the geographical distribution of P.knowlesi malaria risk is poorly understood because the parasite is often misidentified as one of the human malarias. Human cases have been confirmed in at least nine Southeast Asian countries, many of which are making ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
+ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Funding agency for:
Weiss, D
Grant:
OPP1106023
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-07-20
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1935-2735
- Source identifiers:
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637878
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pubs:637878
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uuid:06fd3959-f861-40ef-926d-72e4581ec685
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- pubs:637878
- Deposit date:
- 2016-08-08
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- Copyright holder:
- Shearer et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 Shearer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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