SeverePlasmodium vivaxMalaria, Brazilian Amazon

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.100685
• Publication Date: 2010-09-28T15:34:43Z
• Authors: Márcia A. Alexandre; Cynthia O. Ferreira; André M. Siqueira; Belisa L. Magalhães; Maria Paula G. Mo...; Marcus V. Lacerda; Maria das Graças ...
• Keywords: Primaquine; Vivax malaria

We describe a case series of 17 patients hospitalized in Manaus (western Brazilian Amazon) with PCR-confirmed Plasmodium vivax infection who were treated chloroquine and primaquine. The major complications jaundice severe anemia. No vivo resistance was detected. These data help characterize the clinical profile P. malaria Latin America.