Plasmodium vivax malaria

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;11(1):132-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040519.

Abstract

We report 11 cases of severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Bikaner (western India). Patients exhibited cerebral malaria, renal failure, circulatory collapse, severe anemia, hemoglobinurea, abnormal bleeding, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and jaundice. Peripheral blood microscopy, parasite antigen-based assays, and parasite 18s rRNA gene-based polymerase chain reaction showed the presence of P. vivax and absence of P. falciparum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • DNA, Protozoan / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Cerebral / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Cerebral / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Cerebral / parasitology
  • Malaria, Cerebral / physiopathology
  • Malaria, Vivax / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Malaria, Vivax / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasitemia / diagnosis
  • Parasitemia / epidemiology
  • Parasitemia / parasitology
  • Parasitemia / physiopathology
  • Plasmodium vivax / classification*
  • Plasmodium vivax / genetics
  • Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification
  • Plasmodium vivax / pathogenicity*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S