title: Plasmodium malariae in Haitian refugees, Jamaica.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. john.lindo@uwimona.edu.jm
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lindo
authors.forename: Jeanette Horner
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: Marion Bullock
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ducasse
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Howitt
authors.forename: Donnett M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorenzo Morales
authors.forename: Rosalynn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ord
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: 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