2024
Recurrence patterns and evolution of submicroscopic and asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections in malaria-endemic areas of the Peruvian Amazon
Castillo S, Alvarez C, Rosas-Aguirre Á, Acosta C, Corder R, Gómez J, Guzmán M, Speybroeck N, Llanos-Cuentas A, Castro M, Rosanas-Urgell A, Ferreira M, Vinetz J, Gamboa D, Torres K. Recurrence patterns and evolution of submicroscopic and asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections in malaria-endemic areas of the Peruvian Amazon. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024, 18: e0012566. PMID: 39480785, PMCID: PMC11527163, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of P. vivax infectionPlasmodium vivax malaria transmissionFactors associated with recurrenceVivax malaria transmissionPlasmodium vivax infectionMalaria-endemic areasPopulation-based cohort studyFrequency of recurrenceApplication of molecular diagnostic methodsMalaria recurrenceMalaria infectionMalaria transmissionVivax infectionRecurrence rateMolecular diagnostic methodsRecurrence riskConsequences of prolonged exposureFollow-upCohort studyEndemic settingsRecurrenceAsymptomatic infectionAsymptomatic casesInfectionInitial infection
2021
Optimizing the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) panel for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis in a low resource, hyper-endemic setting with varied microgeographic variation in reactivity
Jayasundara D, Gamage C, Senavirathna I, Warnasekara J, Matthias MA, Vinetz J, Agampodi S. Optimizing the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) panel for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis in a low resource, hyper-endemic setting with varied microgeographic variation in reactivity. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009565. PMID: 34197457, PMCID: PMC8279374, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009565.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Acceptability of a herd immunity-focused, transmission-blocking malaria vaccine in malaria-endemic communities in the Peruvian Amazon: an exploratory study
White SE, Harvey SA, Meza G, Llanos A, Guzman M, Gamboa D, Vinetz JM. Acceptability of a herd immunity-focused, transmission-blocking malaria vaccine in malaria-endemic communities in the Peruvian Amazon: an exploratory study. Malaria Journal 2018, 17: 179. PMID: 29703192, PMCID: PMC5921293, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2328-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmission-blocking malaria vaccineTransmission-blocking vaccinesMalaria vaccineMalaria transmission-blocking vaccineMalaria hypoendemic regionMalaria vaccine strategyProspective cohort studyMalaria-endemic communitiesMalaria-endemic regionsPre-validated questionnaireCohort studyVaccine strategiesMalaria infectionMethodsThe studyVaccineMalaria controlMalaria researchMultiple injectionsOne-thirdIndustrialized worldInjectionAcceptabilityCohortInfectionStudy
2016
Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia
Fontoura PS, Finco BF, Lima NF, de Carvalho JF, Vinetz JM, Castro MC, Ferreira MU. Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0005221. PMID: 27941968, PMCID: PMC5179126, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalaria eliminationIndex caseElimination effortsControl householdsCorrelates of infectionReactive case detectionMixed-effects logistic regression modelResidual malaria transmissionCase detection strategiesMolecular genotypingMalaria elimination effortsP. vivax transmissionTotal parasite biomassReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionLogistic regression modelsP. vivax diversityPotential confoundersAsymptomatic carriersPolymerase chain reactionCase detectionIndex householdsQPCR-positive samplesMalaria burdenPlasmodium vivax
1998
Plasmodium malariae Infection in an Asymptomatic 74-Year-Old Greek Woman with Splenomegaly
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