Author | Limongi, Jean Ezequiel | |
Author | Costa, Daniela Camargos | |
Author | Carvalho, Luzia Helena | |
Author | Lopes, Iris Sousa | |
Author | Silva, Alcides Assis | |
Author | Ferreira, Marcelo Simão | |
Access date | 2015-07-06T14:01:17Z | |
Available date | 2015-07-06T14:01:17Z | |
Document date | 2014 | |
Citation | LIMONGI, Jean Ezequiel et al. Plasmodium ovale malaria in Brazil: report of an imported case with a prolonged incubation period. Infect Dev Ctries, vol. 8, n. 4, p. 554-557, 2014 | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1972-2680 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/11095 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Plasmodium ovale malaria in Brazil: report of an imported case with a prolonged incubation period | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.3855/jidc.4037 | |
Abstract | We report the first case of imported Plasmodium ovale in Brazil, confirmed using both conventional microscopy and PCR-based protocols. The patient was a 36-year-old Brazilian male who had been working as a miner in Cabinda Province, Angola. Based on his travel history, the parasite was dormant for at least two years. The relatively long period of incubation of P. ovale may obscure the link between exposure and disease. The recent increase in the number of people travelling to regions where P. ovale is endemic, suggests that a PCR-based protocol should be included as a complementary tool for malaria reference laboratories. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Uberlândia. Centro de Controle de Zoonoses. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil/ Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Instituto de Geografia. Curso de Gestão em Saúde Ambiental. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Uberlândia. Centro de Controle de Zoonoses. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Uberlândia. Centro de Controle de Zoonoses. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Hospital de Clínicas Uberlândia, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Malaria | pt_BR |
Subject | Plasmodium ovale | pt_BR |
Subject | long incubation period | pt_BR |