Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak

Plasmodium knowlesi is a malaria parasite naturally found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. Recent studies in the Kapit division of Sarawak showed that there was a large focus of naturally acquired P. knowlesi infections in humans. Studies on macaques in the Kapit Division have shown that they...

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Main Author:	Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	RB Pathology RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13298/1/Khatijah%28ft%29.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.132982023-08-07T03:34:59Z Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak 2011 Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria. RB Pathology RS Pharmacy and materia medica Plasmodium knowlesi is a malaria parasite naturally found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. Recent studies in the Kapit division of Sarawak showed that there was a large focus of naturally acquired P. knowlesi infections in humans. Studies on macaques in the Kapit Division have shown that they harbour knowlesi malaria parasites and other typse of monkey ,alarias. It is important to study the mode of transmission of P. knowlesi in order to establish whether human infections of P.knowlesi are zoonotic or acquired from other humans so that preventive measures against the disease can be taken. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13298/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13298/1/Khatijah%28ft%29.pdf text en validuser masters Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
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topic	RB Pathology RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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description	Plasmodium knowlesi is a malaria parasite naturally found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. Recent studies in the Kapit division of Sarawak showed that there was a large focus of naturally acquired P. knowlesi infections in humans. Studies on macaques in the Kapit Division have shown that they harbour knowlesi malaria parasites and other typse of monkey ,alarias. It is important to study the mode of transmission of P. knowlesi in order to establish whether human infections of P.knowlesi are zoonotic or acquired from other humans so that preventive measures against the disease can be taken.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria.
author_facet	Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria.
author_sort	Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria.
title	Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak
title_short	Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak
title_full	Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak
title_fullStr	Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak
title_sort	characterisation of plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in kapit division, sarawak
granting_institution	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
granting_department	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate	2011
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13298/1/Khatijah%28ft%29.pdf
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Characterisation of Plasmodium knowlesi from monkey and human samples in Kapit division, Sarawak

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