Respiratory distress develops in up to 25% of adults and 40% of children with severe
falciparum malaria. Its diverse causes include respiratory compensation of metabolic …

Several questions on public health impact have arisen from the discovery of a large focus of
the simian malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, in the human population. P. knowlesi …

Abstract Background. Until recently, Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in humans was
misdiagnosed as Plasmodium malariae malaria. The objectives of the present study were to …

In light of the recent controversies over the role of animal models for research into the
development of new treatments for severe malaria, particularly cerebral disease, a group of …

Background Zoonotic malaria caused by Plasmodium knowlesi is an important, but newly
recognized, human pathogen. For the first time, post-mortem findings from a fatal case of …

Abstract “The Primate Malarias” book has been a uniquely important resource for multiple
generations of scientists, since its debut in 1971, and remains pertinent to the present day …

Emerging pathogens undermine initiatives to control the global health impact of infectious
diseases. Zoonotic malaria is no exception. Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of …

The conservative nature of animal evolution makes animal models the ideal tool for learning
about human biology. The Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second Edition: Animal …

Despite numerous advances in the diagnosis and control of infectious diseases of
nonhuman primates in the laboratory setting, a number of infectious agents continue to …

The primate malaria Plasmodium knowlesi has a long-standing history as an experimental
malaria model. Studies using this model parasite in combination with its various natural and …