Title |
Defining the Geographical Range of the Plasmodium knowlesi Reservoir
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Published in |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 2014
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002780 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Catherine L. Moyes, Andrew J. Henry, Nick Golding, Zhi Huang, Balbir Singh, J. Kevin Baird, Paul N. Newton, Michael Huffman, Kirsten A. Duda, Chris J. Drakeley, Iqbal R. F. Elyazar, Nicholas M. Anstey, Qijun Chen, Zinta Zommers, Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Simon I. Hay |
Abstract |
The simian malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, can cause severe and fatal disease in humans yet it is rarely included in routine public health reporting systems for malaria and its geographical range is largely unknown. Because malaria caused by P. knowlesi is a truly neglected tropical disease, there are substantial obstacles to defining the geographical extent and risk of this disease. Information is required on the occurrence of human cases in different locations, on which non-human primates host this parasite and on which vectors are able to transmit it to humans. We undertook a systematic review and ranked the existing evidence, at a subnational spatial scale, to investigate the potential geographical range of the parasite reservoir capable of infecting humans. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | 20% |
United States | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
India | 2 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 223 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 40 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 31 | 13% |
Researcher | 30 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 13% |
Other | 16 | 7% |
Other | 42 | 18% |
Unknown | 43 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 28% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 24% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 4% |
Environmental Science | 9 | 4% |
Other | 27 | 12% |
Unknown | 48 | 21% |