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Disease burden, risk factors and treatment of knowlesi malaria
Objectives
The main objective of this project is to estimate the burden from P.vivax and P.knowlesi malaria in children in Sabah, Malaysia.
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Rationale and Abstract
Plasmodium knowlesi is a form of monkey malaria recently found to also cause increasing numbers of natural infections in humans in South-East Asia.
This research will describe the burden of P. knowlesi malaria in an area of Malaysian Borneo. The risk factors for acquiring P. knowlesi malaria will be assessed. Finally, the optimal treatment for non-severe cases of P. knowlesi and P. vivax malaria will also be evaluated by comparing the 2 currently recommended anti-malarial medications in Malaysia.
Date
Jan 2014 — Dec 2015
Total Project Funding
$70,878
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