Kantele Anu, Marti Hanspeter, Felger Ingrid, Müller Dania, Jokiranta T Sakari
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;14(9):1434-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1409.080170.
In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers.
2007年,一名芬兰旅行者在马来西亚半岛感染了诺氏疟原虫,这种寄生虫通常在猴子身上引发疟疾。诺氏疟原虫已成为可导致人类疟疾的第五种疟原虫。该疾病对人类有潜在生命威胁;临床医生和实验室人员应提高对旅行者中这种病原体的认识。