Comparison of imported Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri infections among patients in Spain, 2005-2011

Sequencing data from Plasmodium ovale genotypes co-circulating in multiple countries support the hypothesis that P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri are 2 separate species. We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, comparative study in Spain of 21 patients who had imported P. ovale curtisi infections and 14 who had imported P. ovale wallikeri infections confirmed by PCR and gene sequencing during June 2005-December 2011. The only significant finding was more severe thrombocytopenia among patients with P. ovale wallikeri infection than among those with P. ovale curtisi infection (p = 0.031). However, we also found nonsignificant trends showing that patients with P. ovale wallikeri infection had shorter time from arrival in Spain to onset of symptoms, lower level of albumin, higher median maximum core temperature, and more markers of hemolysis than did those with P. ovale curtisi infection. Larger, prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 20(2014), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 409-16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rojo-Marcos, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Rubio-Muñoz, José Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez-Olivencia, Germán [VerfasserIn]
García-Bujalance, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Elcuaz-Romano, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Díaz-Menéndez, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Calderón, María [VerfasserIn]
García-Bermejo, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Giardín, José Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Merino-Fernández, Francisco Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Torrús-Tendero, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Delgado-Iribarren, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Ribell-Bachs, Mónica [VerfasserIn]
Arévalo-Serrano, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Cuadros-González, Juan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical features
Comparative Study
Epidemiology
Historical Article
Imported malaria
Journal Article
Malaria
Multicenter Study
Parasites
Plasmodium ovale curtisi
Plasmodium ovale wallikeri
Spain
Thrombocytopenia
Vector-borne infections

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Date Completed 23.01.2015

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2003.130745

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM235878111