2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.09.001
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Severe and benign Plasmodium vivax malaria in Emberá (Amerindian) children and adolescents from an endemic municipality in Western Colombia

Abstract: Malaria in children is still an important public health problem in endemic areas of South-East Asia and Latin America. Certain forms of the disease, such as Plasmodium vivax severe malaria, are still neglected. This descriptive study assessed the frequency of severe and benign P. vivax infection in Emberá children (<14 years of age) from an endemic municipality in Colombia in 2013, using the WHO criteria. During 2013, 270 Emberá children presented 349 episodes of malaria. From them, 22 (8.1%) presented at leas… Show more

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“…vivax mixed infections [23, 24]. Among Embera (Amerindian) children under 14 years of age in an endemic area in Colombia in 2013, there were 22 presenting one or more criteria for severe vivax malaria (severe anaemia, renal dysfunction, respiratory distress and/or seizure) [24]. In a Colombian passive surveillance study involving 1328 patients from 2011 to 2013 with Plasmodium spp.…”
Section: Malaria-causing Parasitesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…vivax mixed infections [23, 24]. Among Embera (Amerindian) children under 14 years of age in an endemic area in Colombia in 2013, there were 22 presenting one or more criteria for severe vivax malaria (severe anaemia, renal dysfunction, respiratory distress and/or seizure) [24]. In a Colombian passive surveillance study involving 1328 patients from 2011 to 2013 with Plasmodium spp.…”
Section: Malaria-causing Parasitesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La anemia grave en la malaria se explica, en parte, por la hemólisis y se presenta con mayor frecuencia en niños (29)(30)(31)(32), en quienes un signo frecuente es la palidez intensa, llamada también palidez definitiva; este signo se hace evidente cuando los niveles de hemoglobina descienden por debajo de 7 u 8 g/dl (33), lo cual se ha establecido como un signo de gran especificidad para diagnosticar la anemia grave (34).…”
Section: Hallazgos De La Revisiónunclassified
“…Classicamente conhecida por seu curso benigno, a malária vivax tem como característica possuir a grande maioria dos indivíduos infectados que não apresentam sintomas (ou sintomatologia bem escassa) (Baum et al, 2016). Entretanto, diferentes estudos desafiam a ausência de morbidade decorrente da infecção por P. vivax (De Mast et al, 2015;Genton et al, 2008;Jakobsen et al, 1994;Laishram et al, 2012;Martins et al, 2014;Medina-Morales et al, 2016;Nankabirwa et al, 2013 Rey, 2008). Embora raros, casos graves causados por infecção de P. vivax são, geralmente, caracterizados pela baixa parasitemia no indivíduo infectado, fato semelhante ao que ocorre em P. falciparum (Melo et al, 2014;Mendonça et al, 2015).…”
Section: Da Infecção Assintomática Ao Quadro De Malária Graveunclassified
“…complicações renais e, mais raramente, malária cerebral (Mendonça et al, 2015;Nurleila et al, 2012). Particularmente relatado em crianças, a malária vivax é responsável pela anemia severa nesse grupo de indivíduos (Genton et al, 2008;Medina-Morales et al, 2016) 13.906,6 parasitemia de estágios assexuados/μL, P = 0.013) (Abdallah et al, 2013).…”
Section: Da Infecção Assintomática Ao Quadro De Malária Graveunclassified
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