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

Napaporn Siripoon; Georges Snounou; Phairoh Yamogkul; Kesara Na-Bangchang; Sodsri Thaithong

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90246-4

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

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Jan-Feb;96(1):70-1. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90246-4.

Authors

Napaporn Siripoon¹, Georges Snounou, Phairoh Yamogkul, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Sodsri Thaithong

Affiliation

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for the Biological Characterization of Malaria Parasites, Faculty of Science, Institute of Health, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

PMID: 11925999
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90246-4

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum / blood
Malaria, Falciparum / complications*
Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
Malaria, Vivax / blood
Malaria, Vivax / complications*
Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Thailand