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

Grants and funding

This study was financially supported by a JICA/AMED SATREPS project for “the development of innovative research technique in genetic epidemiology of malaria and other parasitic diseases in the Lao PDR for containing their expanding endemicity.” The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.