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Epidemiology of disappearing Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case study in rural Amazonia.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundNew frontier settlements across the Amazon Basin pose a major challenge for malaria elimination in Brazil. Here we describe the epidemiology of malaria during the early phases of occupation of farming settlements in Remansinho area, Brazilian ...
Susana Barbosa, Amanda B Gozze, Nathália F Lima, Camilla L Batista, Melissa da Silva Bastos, Vanessa C Nicolete, Pablo S Fontoura, Raquel M Gonçalves, Susana Ariane S Viana, Maria José Menezes, Kézia Katiani G Scopel, Carlos E Cavasini, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Mônica da Silva-Nunes, Joseph M Vinetz, Márcia C Castro, Marcelo U Ferreira   +16 more
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A HOSPITAL-BASED RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS, OUTCOMES, CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS OF MALARIA WITH AND WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background & Objectives: Classically associated with Plasmodium falciparum, neurological complications in severe malaria is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Sohaib Ahmad, Nadia Shirazi, Nowneet Kumar Bhat, Minakshi Dhar, Garima Mittal, Manish Mittal, Nidhi Kaeley, Manoj Kumar   +7 more
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Spontaneous Rupture of the Spleen in P. Vivax Malaria [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1968
Case Report A previously fit airman aged 22 years reported to his sick quarters on 13th June, 1966, with fever. He had just returned from a visit to the East coast of Malaya and claimed that he had taken paludrine regularly. No clinical abnormality was noted apart froni fever and he was better within a few days.
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Systematic review of sub-microscopic P. vivax infections: prevalence and determining factors.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundSub-microscopic (SM) Plasmodium infections represent transmission reservoirs that could jeopardise malaria elimination goals. A better understanding of the epidemiology of these infections and factors contributing to their occurrence will ...
Qin Cheng, Jane Cunningham, Michelle L Gatton   +2 more
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Reduced cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 2D6 activity and Plasmodium vivax malaria risk in Amazonians: A retrospective, population-based cohort study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundPrimaquine (PQ) is the only widely available drug that eliminates latent hypnozoites, thereby preventing relapses of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Because PQ biotransformation mediated by the cytochrome P-450 (CYP) isoenzyme CYP2D6 is required for ...
Rodrigo M Corder, Maria Carolina S B Puça, Carlos A Prete, Winni A Ladeia, Priscila T Rodrigues, Igor C Johansen, Tais Nobrega de Sousa, Marcelo U Ferreira, Mâncio Lima Cohort Study Working Group   +8 more
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Liver function tests in recurrent P. vivax malaria.

The Journal of communicable diseases, 1997
Blood samples were collected from 61 P. vivax infected fresh and recurrent malaria patients and liver function parameters studied. Plasma albumin, A/G ratio were found decreased significantly (p < 0.001) when compared to controls. Among the group of recurrent malaria patients with more than five attacks lowest values were found and the decrease was ...
K, Ravichandiran, K, Sumitha, R, Selvam
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Modeling and investigating malaria P. Falciparum and P. Vivax infections: Application to Djibouti data

Infectious Disease Modelling
Malaria is an infectious and communicable disease, caused by one or more species of Plasmodium parasites. There are five species of parasites responsible for malaria in humans, of which two, Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax, are the most dangerous. In Djibouti, the two species of Plasmodium are present in different proportions in the infected
Yahyeh Souleiman, Liban Ismail, Raluca Eftimie   +2 more
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A prospective study from south India to compare the severity of malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum and dual infection

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2015
Background & objectives: Traditionally, Plasmodium falciparum has been attributed to cause severe malaria, whereas P. vivax is considered to cause "benign" tertian malaria.
Shubhanker Mitra, KPP Abhilash, Shalabh Arora, Angel Miraclin   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax in Duffy negatives and Duffy positives from community and health centre collections in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia with an estimated 3.8 million cases in 2021 and 61% of the population living in areas at risk of malaria transmission.
Lauren Bradley, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, Brook Jeang, Ming-Chieh Lee, Endalew Zemene, Teshome Degefa, Eugenia Lo, Christopher King, James Kazura, Guiyun Yan   +10 more
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Importance of asymptomatic malaria and its infectivity to Anopheles mosquitoes in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand [PDF]

This study aimed to record the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria and the development of malaria parasites in laboratory-bred Anopheles minimus mosquitoes fed on the blood of people with or without malaria symptoms.
Pethleart, Aree
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