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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015

An autochthonous case of severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Thailand.

Surat Nakaviroj, Teerayot Kobasa, Phairote Teeranaipong, Chaturong Putaporntip, Somchai Jongwutiwes

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Epidemiology of malaria and leishmaniasis in Thailand (2004-2025): A systematic review.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026
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  10. Retrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifiesEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Surat NakavirojDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi Province, Thailand; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand; Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Teerayot KobasaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi Province, Thailand; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand; Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Phairote TeeranaipongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi Province, Thailand; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand; Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chaturong PutaporntipDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi Province, Thailand; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand; Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Somchai JongwutiwesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi Province, Thailand; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand; Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand jongwutiwes@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 58-year-old Thai man was infected with Plasmodium knowlesi in Chantaburi Province, eastern Thailand. In addition to pyrexia, the patient developed hypotension, renal failure, jaundice, and severe thrombocytopenia. The parasitemia at the time of admission was 16.67% or ∼503,400 parasites/μL. With artesunate treatment and supportive care, the patient recovered uneventfully. The occurrence of complicated knowlesi malaria in a low-endemic area underscores the risk of high morbidity from this simian malaria.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemisininsArtesunateHumansMalariaMaleMiddle AgedPlasmodium knowlesiThailandAntimalarialsArtemisininsArtesunate

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PMID25535314
PMCPMC4350551

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