Malaysia: 2015 Knowlesii cases (Monkey malaria)

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03...ain-uncovered/

New malaria strain uncovered
by Peter Sibon, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on March 20, 2015, Friday

KUCHING: The Health Department is now on high alert for a new type of Malaria known as Knowlesii Malaria, which has been detected at Mile 13 Kuching-Serian Road area.

According to Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil, Knowlesii Malaria is transmitted from monkeys to humans and could be fatal as the virus is more destructive to humans? red blood cells compared to other malaria viruses.

He believes the disease could have been transmitted by some hunters from nearby villages such as Kampung Seratau, Kampung Sedenu and Kampung Kutan, who could have been infected by the disease by infected monkeys while hunting at Bukit Kuap in the Mile 13 area...

...When contacted, state director of Health Department Datu Dr Zulkifli Jantan confirmed that the disease was rampant only at the Mile 13 area.

He disclosed that the cumulative number of reported cases last year was 1,098, including 97 reported in the first 10 weeks of this year...

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/05...-from-monkeys/

66 per cent of malaria cases in 2014 derive from monkeys
Posted on May 26, 2015, Tuesday

GUA MUSANG: Sixty-six per cent or 2,584 out of 3,923 malaria cases reported in the country last year derived from monkey (zoonotic) malaria, with the highest number of patients recorded in Sabah, Sarawak and Kelantan.

Head of Health Ministry?s Vector-Borne Disease Sector Dr Rose Nani Mudin said 730 cases or 19 per cent of malaria infections began with foreign workers in the plantation sector.

According to statistics, she said in the first quarter of this year, 356 cases, or 67.6 per cent of the 527 cases of malaria were detected to be derived from monkeys, she told reporters after the launch of national-level World Malaria Day 2015 at the Gua Musang Hospital here yesterday...