Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in India

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OBJECTIVES: A systematic review and meta-analysis (SR-MA) of the available Indian literature on severe vivax malaria (SVM) was undertaken.

METHODS: Relevant studies in eight electronic databases were retrieved and reviewed. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. The methodological quality of the studies included in the MA was assessed.

RESULTS: Overall, 162 studies were included in the work. The pooled proportion of SVM was 29.3%. The main severity signs/symptoms seen in SVM were jaundice, severe thrombocytopenia (ST), multi-organ dysfunction, and severe anaemia with pooled proportion of 37.4%, 37.2%, 24.2% and 20.4%, respectively. P. falciparum was inducing 6% less ST (RR = 0.94, 95% CI 0.5-1.5, I2 = 77.87%), 10% less thrombocytopenia (RR = 0.9, 95% CI 0.7-1.1, I2 = 91.68%) and 20% less DIC (RR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.3-1.9, I2 = 0%) than P. vivax. An atypical condition like myocarditis, was most commonly observed among the studied SVM cases. The mortality rate in SVM cases ranged from 0 to 12.9% among hospital patients with P. vivax mono-infections.

CONCLUSIONS: The present SR-MA provides evidence for P. vivax as the etiologic agent of severe malaria leading to deaths in few cases as seen recently in India. However, research gaps outlined here emphasise the need for further studies on SVM in pregnancy, SVM in drug resistance and correlations with cytoadherence in disease severity due to P. vivax.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infection - 82(2021), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 231-246

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kojom Foko, Loick P [VerfasserIn]
Arya, Aditi [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Vineeta [VerfasserIn]

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India
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Plasmodium vivax
Review
Severe malaria
Systematic Review
Systematic review

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Date Completed 02.06.2021

Date Revised 02.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jinf.2021.03.028

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NLM323866255