Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2010)

Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Brazilian Amazon

  • Márcia A. Alexandre,
  • Cynthia O. Ferreira,
  • André M. Siqueira,
  • Belisa L. Magalhães,
  • Maria Paula G. Mourão,
  • Marcus V. Lacerda,
  • Maria das Graças C. Alecrim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100685
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
pp. 1611 – 1614

Abstract

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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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