Vythilingam I, Tan C H, Asmad M, Chan S T, Lee K S, Singh B
Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Nov;100(11):1087-8. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.006. Epub 2006 May 24.
Four species of malaria parasites are known to infect humans. A fifth species, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been reported to infect humans in Malaysian Borneo. Here we report for the first time the incrimination of Anopheles latens as the vector of P. knowlesi among humans and monkeys in Sarawak, Malaysia.
已知有四种疟原虫可感染人类。据报道,在马来西亚婆罗洲,第五种疟原虫——诺氏疟原虫可感染人类。在此,我们首次报告在马来西亚砂拉越,已确定迟暮按蚊为诺氏疟原虫在人类和猴子中的传播媒介。