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Growing Evidence of Plasmodium vivax Across Malaria-Endemic Africa [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Effective malaria control strategies require an accurate understanding of the epidemiology of locally transmitted Plasmodium species. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum infection, Plasmodium vivax has a lower asexual parasitaemia, forms dormant liver ...
Peter W. Gething, Katherine A Twohig, Simon Iain Hay   +2 more
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Vivax Malaria Presenting with Myelitis: A Rare Complication [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Neurological complications may occur with the Plasmodium falciparum infection. However, the association of neurological manifestations with vivax malaria remains doubtful. Of late, there are isolated case reports/studies which have implicated P.
Avijit Moulick, Somnath Maitra, Biswanath Sharma Sarkar, Anirban Jana, Sujoy Sarkar   +4 more
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Rising report of Plasmodium vivax in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for malaria elimination agenda

Scientific African, 2020
Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum are the most important human malaria species. P. falciparum is considered the most virulent and widespread species in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Kolapo Muyiwa Oyebola, Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Aida Sadikh Badiane, Olubunmi Adetoro Otubanjo, Daouda Ndiaye   +5 more
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HIV infection increases the risk of acquiring Plasmodium vivax malaria: a 4-year cohort study in the Brazilian Amazon HIV and risk of vivax malaria

Scientific Reports, 2022
Globally, malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are both independently associated with a massive burden of disease and death. While their co-infection has been well studied for Plasmodium falciparum, scarce data exist regarding the association ...
Cecilia Victoria Caraballo Guerra, Bernardo Maia da Silva, Pia Müller, Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, Marco Antônio Saboia Moura, José Deney Alves Araújo, Juan Carlo Santos e Silva, Alexandre Vilhena Silva-Neto, Antonio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, André Guilherme da Costa-Martins, Gisely Cardoso Melo, Fernando Val, Quique Bassat, Helder I. Nakaya, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, Marcus Lacerda, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Wuelton Monteiro   +17 more
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Prevalence and risk factors related to poor outcome of patients with severe Plasmodium vivax infection: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and analysis of case reports

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Plasmodium vivax rarely develops severe complications when compared to severe falciparum malaria. However, severe vivax malaria also needs urgent, intensive care and treatment as severe falciparum malaria.
Manas Kotepui, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay   +3 more
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Imported and indigenous Plasmodium Vivax and Plasmodium Falciparum malaria in the Hubei Province of China, 2005–2019

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background The Hubei Province in China reported its last indigenous malaria case in September 2012, but imported malaria cases, particularly those related to Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum, threaten Hubei’s malaria-free status.
Dongni Wu, Hong Zhu, Lun Wan, Juan Zhang, Wen Lin, Lingcong Sun, Huaxun Zhang, Si Liu, Eimear Cleary, Andrew J. Tatem, Jing Xia, Shengjie Lai   +11 more
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Severe vivax malaria trends in the last two years: a study from a tertiary care centre, Delhi, India

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2020
Background Plasmodium vivax, once considered benign species, is recently being recognised to be causing severe malaria like Plasmodium falciparum. In the present study, the authors report the trends in malaria severity in P.
Monika Matlani, Loick P. Kojom, Neelangi Mishra, Vinita Dogra, Vineeta Singh   +4 more
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Magnitude and patterns of severe Plasmodium vivax monoinfection in Vietnam: a 4-year single-center retrospective study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionInfection with Plasmodium vivax is a recognized cause of severe malaria including deaths. The exact burden and patterns of severe P. vivax monoinfections is however still not well quantified, especially in P. vivax endemic regions.
Minh Cuong Duong, Oanh Kieu Nguyet Pham, Thanh Truc Thai, Rogan Lee, Thanh Phong Nguyen, Van Vinh Chau Nguyen, Van Vinh Chau Nguyen, Hoan Phu Nguyen, Hoan Phu Nguyen   +8 more
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A rare case of young stroke in 16 years old female with Plasmodium vivax malaria infection

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2017
Malaria is the most important parasitic disease in the world, in terms of both prevalence and mortality. Infection rate is high due to raise of strains resistant to the antimalarial medicines & social factors.
N U Gediya, M K Marvaniya, D A Parmar, U S Gediya   +3 more
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Pretreatment gametocyte carriage in symptomatic patients with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections on the Thai-Myanmar border

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021
Background&objectives: Changes in parasite biology, particularly the gametocytogenesis process, could be one of the important contributing factors for worldwide malaria resurgence.
Pongsakorn Martviset, Sirima Kitvatanachai, Mayuri Tarasuk, Phunuch Muhamad, Kesara Na-Bangchang   +4 more
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