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Science 20 August 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3686, p. 865
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3686.865
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A Naturally Acquired Quotidian-Type Malaria in Man Transferable to Monkeys

William Chin 1, Peter G. Contacos 1, G. Robert Coatney 1, and Harry R. Kimball 1

1 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

A quotidian-type parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been found as a ndtural infection in man. The infection was acquired by a white male during a short visit to peninsular Malaysia. This occurrence constitutes the first proof that simian malaria is a true zoonosis.


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