From: Plasmodium knowlesi: the game changer for malaria eradication
Name of countries/territories | Remarks | References |
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Cambodia | Two cases reported in Pailin province in 2010 | [18] |
Indonesia | An Australian working in forested area of South Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo (2010); case clusters in North Sumatera, Indonesia (2015) | |
Laos | A teenage boy living in a village surrounded by forest in Attapeu province, Laos (2016) | [21] |
Malaysia | 120 of the 208 malaria samples collected in Kapit division, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, from 2000 to 2002 were P. knowlesi infections; 77 of the 111 samples recruited from different states in peninsular Malaysia from 2005 to 2008 were P. knowlesi infections | |
Myanmar | Mono-infections and mixed infections involving P. knowlesi were detected in Southern Myanmar in 2008 | [23] |
Singapore | Soldier acquired the infection from army training in forested area in 2007 | [24] |
Thailand | A Thai citizen from Bangkok travelled to hilly areas of Prachuap Khiri Khan province in Southern Thailand in 2000 | [25] |
The Philippines | Five cases detected in the Palawan province in 2006 | [26] |
Vietnam | P. knowlesi infections were detected in malaria samples collected from 2004 to 2006 in Ninh Thuan province | |
China | A case from Yunnan province verified via PCR as knowlesi malaria, reported in 2006; and the first imported case (patient travelled to tropical forests of Malaysia) in 2014 | |
Finland | Patient travelled to peninsular Malaysia in 2007 | [31] |
France | Patient travelled to the west coast of Thailand in 2010 | [32] |
Germany | Patient travelled to Thailand from 25 December 2016 to 13 January 2017, visited a number of locations in Chiang Mai and Ranong provinces | [33] |
India | Mono-infections and mixed infections of P. knowlesi were detected in the Nicobar and Andaman Islands of India, from 2004 to 2010 | [34] |
Italy | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to the Philippines in 2016 | [35] |
Japan | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to peninsular Malaysia in 2012 | [36] |
New Zealand | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to Malaysian Borneo in 2010 | [37] |
Poland | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to Sumatera, Indonesia in 2018 | [38] |
Scotland | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to Malaysian Borneo in 2012 | [39] |
Spain | Patient showed symptoms after returning from a six-month-trip to Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in 2009 | [40] |
Sri Lanka | Patient acquired the infection from forested area in peninsular Malaysia in 2016 | [41] |
Sweden | Patient acquired the infection from a trip to Malaysian Borneo in 2006 | [42] |
United States | The first reported naturally acquired P. knowlesi infection in human, acquired from a trip to peninsular Malaysia | [14] |