PETALING JAYA: The spike in the number of malaria cases in several parts of the country so far this year is causing concern among public health experts, who cite climate change as among the contributory factors.
According to the figures, the number of cases so far this year has already exceeded the 404 reported in the whole of 2022.
Health experts said zoonotic malaria – carried by monkeys and spread to humans through mosquito bites – remain a concern and they have called for mass blood screening in affected areas. “It could also be due to people moving nearer to places that are a source of malaria,” said the former Health Ministry official.
“The parasite known as Plasmodium Knowlesi is usually carried by macaque monkeys and spreads to people when a mosquito bites an infected macaque and then bites a person.“Monkeys also travel to nearby houses and villages and spread the parasite. It is also known as simian malaria,” she added. She proposed the government conduct mass blood screenings to detect the malaria parasite among workers in the afflicted areas in Kelantan.Prof Sharifa Ezat said the resistance of malaria parasites to anti-malaria treatment drugs has also heightened the threat of the disease.
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