Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2007)

Plasmodium malariae in Haitian Refugees, Jamaica

  • John F. Lindo,
  • Jeanette Horner Bryce,
  • Marion Bullock Ducasse,
  • Christina Howitt,
  • Donnett M. Barrett,
  • Jacob Lorenzo Morales,
  • Rosalynn Ord,
  • Martina Burke,
  • Peter L Chiodini,
  • Colin J. Sutherland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061227
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 6
pp. 931 – 931

Abstract

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Since 1963, reported malaria transmission in Haiti has been restricted to Plasmodium falciparum. However, screening of Haitian refugees in Jamaica in 2004, by microscopic examination, identified P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae. PCR confirmed the P. malariae and P. falciparum but not P. vivax infections. DNA sequencing and rRNA gene sequences showed transmission of P. malariae. This report confirms that P. malariae is still being transmitted in Haiti.

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