First case of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Laos
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1 Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2 SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 3 Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 4 National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 5 Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan, 6 Center of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 7 Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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