DOI 10.1186/s12936-015-0856-3

Background: Malaria is a vector‑borne parasitic disease which is prevalent in many developing countries. Recently, it has been found that Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite can be life‑threatening to humans. Long‑tailed macaques, which are widely distributed in Malaysia, are the natural hosts for simian malaria, including P. knowlesi. The aim of the present study was to determine the p…