Characterization of Plasmodium vivax-associated admissions to reference hospitals in Brazil and India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benign character formerly attributed to Plasmodium vivax infection has been dismantled by the increasing number of reports of severe disease associated with infection with this parasite, prompting the need for more thorough and comprehensive characterization of the spectrum of resulting clinical complications. Endemic areas exhibit wide variations regarding severe disease frequency. This study, conducted simultaneously in Brazil and India, constitutes, to our knowledge, the first multisite study focused on clinical characterization of P. vivax severe disease.

Methods

Patients admitted with P. vivax mono-infection at reference centers in Manaus (Amazon - Brazil) and Bikaner (Rajasthan - India), where P. vivax predominates, were submitted to standard thorough cl

SUBMITTER: Siqueira AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4404636 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature