Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Brazilian Amazon

We describe a case series of 17 patients hospitalized in Manaus (western Brazilian Amazon) with PCR-confirmed Plasmodium vivax infection who were treated with chloroquine and primaquine. The major complications were jaundice and severe anemia. No in vivo chloroquine resistance was detected. These da...

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Autores principales: Alexandre, Márcia A., Ferreira, Cynthia O., Siqueira, André M., Magalhães, Belisa L., Mourão, Maria Paula G., Lacerda, Marcus V., Alecrim, Maria das Graças C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875292
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100685
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author Alexandre, Márcia A.
Ferreira, Cynthia O.
Siqueira, André M.
Magalhães, Belisa L.
Mourão, Maria Paula G.
Lacerda, Marcus V.
Alecrim, Maria das Graças C.
author_facet Alexandre, Márcia A.
Ferreira, Cynthia O.
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description We describe a case series of 17 patients hospitalized in Manaus (western Brazilian Amazon) with PCR-confirmed Plasmodium vivax infection who were treated with chloroquine and primaquine. The major complications were jaundice and severe anemia. No in vivo chloroquine resistance was detected. These data help characterize the clinical profile of severe P. vivax malaria in Latin America.
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spelling pubmed-32944022012-03-08 Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Brazilian Amazon Alexandre, Márcia A. Ferreira, Cynthia O. Siqueira, André M. Magalhães, Belisa L. Mourão, Maria Paula G. Lacerda, Marcus V. Alecrim, Maria das Graças C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe a case series of 17 patients hospitalized in Manaus (western Brazilian Amazon) with PCR-confirmed Plasmodium vivax infection who were treated with chloroquine and primaquine. The major complications were jaundice and severe anemia. No in vivo chloroquine resistance was detected. These data help characterize the clinical profile of severe P. vivax malaria in Latin America. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3294402/ /pubmed/20875292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100685 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Mourão, Maria Paula G.
Lacerda, Marcus V.
Alecrim, Maria das Graças C.
Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Brazilian Amazon
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