Plasmodium malariae in Haitian Refugees, Jamaica

Authors :: Colin J. Sutherland
John F. Lindo
Jacob Lorenzo Morales
Peter L. Chiodini
Martina Burke
Jeanette Horner Bryce
Donnett M. Barrett
Marion Bullock Ducasse
Christina Howitt
Rosalynn Ord
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 6, Pp 931-931 (2007), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
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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