Village malaria workers for the community-based management of vivax malaria
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023 Summary: In Cambodia, malaria cases are on a trajectory towards the goal of malaria elimination by 2025. Vivax malaria is difficult to eliminate because of hypnozoites that can cause relapse.
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Reduced cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 2D6 activity and Plasmodium vivax malaria risk in Amazonians: A retrospective, population-based cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundPrimaquine (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 +8 more
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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 ...
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Systems approach identifies monocyte imbalance in symptomatic and asymptomatic P. vivax malaria [PDF]
Molecular Systems BiologyAlthough asymptomatic malaria was historically perceived as innocuous, emerging evidence revealed an immunosuppressive signature induced by asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections. To examine if a similar process occurs in Plasmodium vivax malaria,
Stephanie I Studniberg +16 more
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Clinical and epidemiological characterization of severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Gujarat, India
Virulence, 2020 The mounting evidence supporting the capacity of Plasmodium vivax to cause severe disease has prompted the need for a better characterization of the resulting clinical complications. India is making progress with reducing malaria, but epidemics of severe
Anupkumar R Anvikar +2 more
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Costs Associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in the Brazilian Amazon, a Low Endemic Area Where Plasmodium vivax Predominates. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Information on costs associated with malaria in pregnancy (MiP) in low transmission areas where Plasmodium vivax predominates is so far missing. This study estimates health system and patient costs of MiP in the Brazilian Amazon.
Bardají, A +7 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 +4 more
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Clinical impact of vivax malaria: A collection review.
PLoS Medicine, 2022 BackgroundPlasmodium vivax infects an estimated 7 million people every year. Previously, vivax malaria was perceived as a benign condition, particularly when compared to falciparum malaria.
Aung Pyae Phyo +3 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 +5 more
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Insights into the elimination of vivax malaria in China
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023 Background Malaria is caused by multiple parasitic species of the genus Plasmodium. Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread and poses challenges in elimination due to its unique biological and epidemiological characteristics.
Fang Huang, Li Zhang, Zhi-Gui Xia
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