Cryptic Plasmodium falciparum parasites in clinical P. vivax blood samples from Thailand

Polymerase chain reaction detection revealed cryptic Plasmodium falciparum infections in 21 of 160 samples collected from Thai patients diagnosed (by microscopy) with vivax malaria. The clinical and biological significance of these mixed infections is discussed in the context of chloroquine resistan...

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Published in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. 70 - 71
Main Authors:	Siripoon, Napaporn, Snounou, Georges, Yamogkul, Phairoh, Na-Bangchang, Kesara, Thaithong, Sodsri
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2002 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Elsevier
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences cryptic infections diagnosis Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - blood Malaria, Falciparum - complications Malaria, Falciparum - parasitology Malaria, Vivax - blood Malaria, Vivax - complications Malaria, Vivax - parasitology Medical sciences microscopy Parasitic diseases Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium vivax - isolation & purification polymerase chain reaction Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Protozoal diseases Thailand Tropical medicine Thailand Asia Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium falciparum cryptic infections diagnosis microscopy malaria Thailand polymerase chain reaction Infection Human Protozoa Apicomplexa Protozoal disease Mixed infection Malaria Parasitosis
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Summary:	Polymerase chain reaction detection revealed cryptic Plasmodium falciparum infections in 21 of 160 samples collected from Thai patients diagnosed (by microscopy) with vivax malaria. The clinical and biological significance of these mixed infections is discussed in the context of chloroquine resistance and the low inoculation rates which characterize malaria epidemiology in Thailand.
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ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90246-4