Polrat WilairatanaSrivicha KrudsoodNoppadon TangpukdeeMahidol University2018-09-242018-09-242010-01-01Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.41, No.1 (2010), 19-21012515622-s2.0-76949091336https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/29813Plasmodium knoivlesi morphologically resembles P. malariae; PCR assays are able to differentiate between the 2 species correctly. However, PCR is not available in many hospitals in P. knoivlesi endemic areas, particularly in Southeast Asia. In places where PCR is not available, anti-malarial drugs for P. malariae or other non-P. falciparum or P. falciparum species are effective against P. knoivlesi. Even with a wrong diagnosis of another malaria species by light microscopy instead of P. knoivlesi, the antimalarial drugs given are still effective for treating P. knoivlesi infection.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS