Plasmodium malariae in Haitian refugees, Jamaica.
Since 1963, reported malaria transmission in Haiti has been restricted to Plasmodium falciparum. However, screening of Haitian refugees in Jamaica in 2004, by microscopic examination, identified P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae. PCR confirmed the P. malariae and P. falciparum but not P. vivax infections. DNA sequencing and rRNA gene sequences showed transmission of P. malariae. This report confirms that P. malariae is still being transmitted in Haiti.
Lindo
John F
JF
University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. john.lindo@uwimona.edu.jm
Bryce
Jeanette Horner
JH
Ducasse
Marion Bullock
MB
Howitt
Christina
C
Barrett
Donnett M
DM
Lorenzo Morales
Jacob
J
Ord
Rosalynn
R
Burke
Martina
M
Chiodini
Peter L
PL
Sutherland
Colin J
CJ
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000635:transmission; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015995:Prevalence; D012036:Refugees