A virus associated with the zoonotic pathogen causing human malaria is a member of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon.

The Apicomplexa are a phylum of single-celled eukaryotes that can infect humans and include the mosquito-borne parasite , the cause of malaria. Viruses that infect non- spp. disease-causing protozoa affect the pathogen life cycle and disease outcomes.

Plasmodium cynomolgi Infections Not Found in Microscopy-Diagnosed Malaria Cases across Sabah, Malaysia.

Zoonotic malaria presents a major public health challenge in Southeast Asia. Plasmodium cynomolgi coinfects the same macaque hosts and mosquito vectors as the most common cause of zoonotic malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi. Plasmodium cynomolgi appears morphologically similar to Plasmodium vivax on microscopy and can amplify P.

Reduced red blood cell deformability in vivax malaria.

Reduced deformability of both infected and uninfected red blood cells (RBC) contributes to pathogenesis in falciparum malaria. Whole blood RBC-deformability is not well-characterised in vivax malaria. We used a laser-assisted optical rotational cell analyzer to measure the RBC deformability in fresh whole blood from Malaysian patients with vivax malaria (n=25).

A virus associated with the zoonotic pathogen causing human malaria is a member of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon.

Apicomplexa are single-celled eukaryotes that can infect humans and include the mosquito-borne parasite , the cause of malaria. Increasing rates of drug resistance in human-only species are reducing the efficacy of control efforts and antimalarial treatments. There are also rising cases of , the only zoonotic species that causes severe disease and death in humans.