First case of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Laos

Moritoshi Iwagami; Masami Nakatsu; Phonepadith Khattignavong; Pheovaly Soundala; Lavy Lorphachan; Sengdeuane Keomalaphet; Phonepadith Xangsayalath; Satoru Kawai; Bouasy Hongvanthong; Paul T Brey; Shigeyuki Kano

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006244

First case of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Laos

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Mar 22;12(3):e0006244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006244. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Authors

Moritoshi Iwagami^{1

2

3}, Masami Nakatsu^{1

2}, Phonepadith Khattignavong^{2

3}, Pheovaly Soundala^{2

3}, Lavy Lorphachan^{2

3}, Sengdeuane Keomalaphet^{2

3}, Phonepadith Xangsayalath^{2

3

4}, Satoru Kawai^{2

3

5}, Bouasy Hongvanthong^{2

6}, Paul T Brey^{2

7}, Shigeyuki Kano^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
³ Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
⁴ National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
⁵ Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
⁶ Center of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
⁷ Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
DNA, Protozoan / blood
Humans
Laos
Malaria / diagnosis*
Male
Plasmodium knowlesi / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Protozoan