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DictionarySeeplasmodiumEncyclopediaSeePlasmodiumPlasmodium knowlesi
Plas·mo·di·um know·le·sia species of protozoan from Southeast Asia that causes monkey malaria with a quotidian fever cycle; highly fatal in rhesus monkeys; naturally acquired by a human in Malaysia, and also transmitted to humans experimentally.Plasmodium knowlesiA species found in Southeast Asia. It is structurally similar to P. malariae. Although it primarily infects other primates, it can infect humans and produce a debilitating febrile illness. See also: Plasmodium |