Symptomatic Plasmodium vivax Infection in Rwanda | Zendy

Jessica N. McCaffery | Zendy; Tharcisse Munyaneza | Zendy; Aline Uwimana | Zendy; Doug Nace | Zendy; Naomi W. Lucchi | Zendy; Eric S. Halsey | Zendy; Eric Rogier | Zendy

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Symptomatic Plasmodium vivax Infection in Rwanda

Author(s) -

Jessica N. McCaffery,

Tharcisse Munyaneza,

Aline Uwimana,

Doug Nace,

Naomi W. Lucchi,

Eric S. Halsey,

Eric Rogier

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofac025

Subject(s) - plasmodium vivax , plasmodium falciparum , malaria , medicine , virology , artemether/lumefantrine , plasmodium (life cycle) , polymerase chain reaction , lactate dehydrogenase , immunology , biology , parasite hosting , enzyme , artemisinin , genetics , biochemistry , gene , world wide web , computer science

We report a Plasmodium vivax infection in a Rwandan child misdiagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum and administered artemether-lumefantrine. Antigen detection revealed an absence of P falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) and presence of Plasmodium vivax lactate dehydrogenase. Nested and real-time polymerase chain reactions verified that the sample only contained P vivax deoxyribonucleic acid.

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