Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Brazilian Amazon
We describe a case series of 17 patients hospitalized in Manaus (western Brazilian Amazon) with PCR-confirmed Plasmodium vivax infection who were treated with chloroquine and primaquine. The major complications were jaundice and severe anemia. No in vivo chloroquine resistance was detected. These da...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2010-10-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/10/10-0685_article |