2021
Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: Submicroscopic parasitemic blood infects Nyssorhynchus darlingi
Almeida GG, Costa PAC, da Silva Araujo M, Gomes GR, Carvalho AF, Figueiredo MM, Pereira DB, Tada MS, Medeiros JF, da Silva Soares I, Carvalho LH, Kano FS, de Castro M, Vinetz JM, Golenbock DT, do Valle Antonelli L, Gazzinelli RT. Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: Submicroscopic parasitemic blood infects Nyssorhynchus darlingi. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009077. PMID: 34714821, PMCID: PMC8555776, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsymptomatic individualsP. vivaxP. vivax malaria patientsP. vivax infectionVivax malaria patientsPlasmodium vivax malariaLow endemicity areaMalaria patientsSymptomatic patientsAsymptomatic infectionVivax malariaVivax infectionInfectious reservoirLow parasitemiaUninfected controlsEndemic regionsMalaria transmissionInfectivity ratesMalaria parasitesBiochemical parametersParasitemiaBloodPotential rolePatientsInfectionHeterogeneity in response to serological exposure markers of recent Plasmodium vivax infections in contrasting epidemiological contexts
Rosado J, White MT, Longley RJ, Lacerda M, Monteiro W, Brewster J, Sattabongkot J, Guzman-Guzman M, Llanos-Cuentas A, Vinetz JM, Gamboa D, Mueller I. Heterogeneity in response to serological exposure markers of recent Plasmodium vivax infections in contrasting epidemiological contexts. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009165. PMID: 33591976, PMCID: PMC7909627, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerological exposure markersBlood-stage infectionLow transmission settingsP. vivax infectionPlasmodium vivax infectionHigh transmission settingsVivax infectionTransmission settingsAntibody titersAntibody responseExposure markersDifferent transmission intensitiesIgG responsesSerological markersPrevious infectionReceiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysisEndemic settingsMalaria eliminationPeruvian cohortOperating characteristics analysisP. vivaxMalaria controlRecent exposureInfectionEpidemiological context
2006
314 EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF ANOPHELES DARLINGI MOSQUITOES BY PLASMODIUM VIVAX FROM NATURALLY INFECTED PATIENTS IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON.
Bharti A, Chuquiyauri R, Segura E, Lopez V, Stancil J, Llanos A, Vinetz J. 314 EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF ANOPHELES DARLINGI MOSQUITOES BY PLASMODIUM VIVAX FROM NATURALLY INFECTED PATIENTS IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2006, 54: s134. DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.x0004.313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchP. vivaxPlasmodium vivaxP. vivax infectionIncidence of malariaLife-threatening diseaseTransmission of infectionOocyst loadMembrane feeding techniqueSymptomatic patientsArtificial membrane feeding techniqueVivax malariaVivax infectionInterventional methodsPatientsInfected mosquitoesExperimental infectionDarlingi mosquitoesMosquito midgutVivaxAlternative interventionsInfectionMicroscopic examinationCurrent control measuresInfected midgutsMalaria