The rise of Plasmodium knowlesi cases:Implication to Malaysia’s malaria-free status

作     者：Ahmad Basyir Muhammad Elora Nor Azman Nur Ashrina Eddie Nur Iman Azmi Valerie Chong Tze Yee Zulkarnain Md Idris Ahmad Basyir Muhammad;Elora Nor Azman;Nur Ashrina Eddie;Nur Iman Azmi;Valerie Chong Tze Yee;Zulkarnain Md Idris

作者机构：Department of Parasitology and Medical EntomologyFaculty of MedicineUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaKuala LumpurMalaysia Infectious Disease GroupFaculty of MedicineUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaKuala LumpurMalaysia 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第15卷第8期

页      面：337-338页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the Geran Fundamental Fakulti Perubatan (FF-2022-049) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 

主　　题：malaria cases Malaria 

摘      要：Malaria remains a major public health challenge *** is one of the world’s deadliest diseases,responsible for 627000 deaths worldwide in 2020 alone[1].In Malaysia,the Malaria Eradication Programme in Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysia Borneo in 1969 and 1967,respectively,drastically reduced the number of malaria cases in the country[2].Subsequently,the programme was further reinforced and improved,resulting in zero indigenous human malaria species in 2018[1].Currently,Malaysia has been identified as one of the World Health Organization(WHO)Western Pacific Region countries with zero indigenous cases for three consecutive years[1],thus eligible for the WHO certification of a malaria-free status country.