Unexpectedly long incubation period of Plasmodium vivax malaria, in the absence of chemoprophylaxis, in patients diagnosed outside the transmission area in Brazil

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Autor(es): dc.creatorBrasil, Patrícia-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCosta, Anielle de Pina-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPedro, Renata Saraiva-
Autor(es): dc.creatorBressan, Clarisse da Silveira-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSilva, Sidnei da-
Autor(es): dc.creatorTauil, Pedro Luiz-
Autor(es): dc.creatorRibeiro, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T17:25:46Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2021-10-14T17:25:46Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2013-05-21-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2013-05-21-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2011-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/13171-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-122-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/607692-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBackground: In 2010, Brazil recorded 3343,599 cases of malaria, with 99.6% of them concentrated in the Amazon region. Plasmodium vivax accounts for 86% of the cases circulating in the country. The extra-Amazonian region, where transmission does not occur, recorded about 566 cases imported from the Amazonian area in Brazil and South America, from Central America, Asia and African countries. Prolonged incubation periods have been described for P. vivax malaria in temperate climates. The diversity in essential biological characteristics is traditionally considered as one possible explanation to the emergence of relapse in malaria and to the differences in the duration of the incubation period, which can also be explained by the use of chemoprophylaxis. Studying the reported cases of P. vivax malaria in Rio de Janeiro, where there is no vector transmission, has made it possible to evaluate the extension of the incubation period and to notice that it may be extended in some cases. Methods: Descriptive study of every malaria patients who visited the clinic in the last five years. The mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum of all incubation periods were analysed. Results: From the total of 80 patients seen in the clinic during the study time, with confirmed diagnosis of malaria, 49 (63%) were infected with P. vivax. Between those, seven had an estimated incubation period varying from three to 12 months and were returned travellers from Brazilian Amazonian states (6) and Indonesia (1). None of them had taken malarial chemoprophylaxis. Conclusions: The authors emphasize that considering malaria as a possible cause of febrile syndrome should be a post-travel routine, independent of the time elapsed after exposure in the transmission area, even in the absence of malaria chemoprophylaxis. They speculate that, since there is no current and detailed information about the biological cycle of human malaria plasmodia's in Brazil, it is possible that new strains are circulating in endemic regions or a change in cycle of preexisting strains is occurring. Considering that a prolonged incubation period may confer advantages on the survival of the parasite, difficulties in malaria control might arise.-
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Publicador: dc.publisherBioMed Central-
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Direitos: dc.rights© 2011 Brasil et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fonte: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/122. Acesso em: 21 maio 2013.-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectMalária - Brasil-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectPlasmodium vivax-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectMalária - Brasil - epidemiologia-
Título: dc.titleUnexpectedly long incubation period of Plasmodium vivax malaria, in the absence of chemoprophylaxis, in patients diagnosed outside the transmission area in Brazil-
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