1. Plasmodium malariae in Haitian Refugees, Jamaica
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John F. Lindo, Jeanette Horner Bryce, Marion Bullock Ducasse, Christina Howitt, Donnett M. Barrett, Jacob Lorenzo Morales, Rosalynn Ord, Martina Burke, Peter L Chiodini, and Colin J. Sutherland
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Plasmodium malariae ,Plasmodium brasilianum ,Haiti ,refugees ,Jamaica ,dispatch ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Since 1963, reported malaria transmission in Haiti has been restricted to Plasmodium falciparum. However, screening of Haitian refugees in Jamaica in 2004, by microscopic examination, identified P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae. PCR confirmed the P. malariae and P. falciparum but not P. vivax infections. DNA sequencing and rRNA gene sequences showed transmission of P. malariae. This report confirms that P. malariae is still being transmitted in Haiti.
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- 2007
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