PLASMODIUM-VIVAX MALARIA 5 YEARS AFTER A STAY IN MEKNES, MOROCCO

Authors
IZRI MA LORTHOLARY O GUILLEVIN L ROUSSET JJ
Citation
Ma. Izri et al., PLASMODIUM-VIVAX MALARIA 5 YEARS AFTER A STAY IN MEKNES, MOROCCO, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 87(3), 1994, pp. 189-189
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
87
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
189 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1994)87:3<189:PM5YAA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The authors report a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria which happened m ore than five years after a stay of the patient in Morocco. The late a ppearance of parasite blood forms and especially gametocytes, as obser ved in this case, could explain, at least partially, the awakening of apparently extinguished foci and the renewal of the transmission of th e epidemic, mediated by the presence of Anopheles. This phenomenon cer tainly contributed to the failure of malaria eradication campaigns in some countries with endemic P. vivax.