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Correlation between Plasmodium vivax variants in Belém, Pará State, Brazil and symptoms and clearance of parasitaemia.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2003
Machado Ricardo Luiz Dantas, de Figuereido Filho Alberto Ferreira, Calvosa Vanja Sueli Pachiano, Figueredo Maria Cristina, Nascimento José Maria, Póvoa Marinete Marins
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine how different types of P. vivax affect clinical symptoms and parasitaemia clearance. Blood was collected from individuals from Pará State, Brazil. The patients were treated as chloroquine plus primaquine. P. vivax were typed daily till D7 and again on D30. Now we can confirm a previously reported correlation between P. vivax genotype and response to chloroquine. Clinical...
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