Journal article
Estimating Geographical Variation in the Risk of Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Countries Eliminating Malaria
FM Shearer, Z Huang, DJ Weiss, A Wiebe, HS Gibson, KE Battle, DM Pigott, OJ Brady, C Putaporntip, S Jongwutiwes, YL Lau, M Manske, R Amato, IRF Elyazar, I Vythilingam, S Bhatt, PW Gething, B Singh, N Golding, SI Hay Show all
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2016
Abstract
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 progress towards eliminating the human malarias. Understanding the geographical distribution of P. knowlesi is important for identifying areas where malaria transmission will continue after the human malarias have ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was principally funded by a Wellcome Trust grant (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk; 095066, SIH, KEB, NG, HSG, CLM) and a University of Oxford Rhodes Scholarship (http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk; FMS). Additional salary support was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Vector Borne Disease Network (https://www.vecnet.org; ZH, AW, CLM) and directly (http://www.gatesfoundation.org; OPP1068048, DJW, HSG, SB, PWG; OPP1106023, DJW, HSG, PWG; OPP1093011, DMP; OPP1119467, OJB), the Wellcome Trust (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/; 098051, MM, RA; B9RZGS0, IRFE), a McKenzie fellowship from the University of Melbourne (http://research.unimelb.edu.au/; NG), the University Malaysia Sarawak (http://www.unimas.my/; 01(TD03)/1003/2013 (01), BS), the Thailand Research Fund (http://www.trf.or.th/eng/; RSA5480008; CP), the Thailand Government Research Budget (http://www.thaigov.go.th/; GRB-APS12593011; SJ), a University of Malaya High Impact Research (HIR) Grant UM-MOHE from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (http://hir.um.edu.my/; UM.C/HIR/MOHE/MED/16, YLL), and an MRC/DFID Career Development Fellowship (https://www.mrc.ac.uk/; K00669X, PWG). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.