[Plasmodium vivax infection: not so benign].
Morbidity and mortality during malaria are mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection. However, it becomes clear that Plasmodium vivax is responsible for a dramatic toll in many endemic areas except Africa. Cerebral malaria, severe respiratory distress and severe anaemia were recently reported from different settings, with severe disease peaking at an earlier age than those of Plasmodium falciparum. Since infected red blood cells sequestration was not reported with Plasmodium vivax infection, mechanisms at the origin of these complications are still a mater of debate. The major issue addressed in that paper is to alert clinicians on the -potential severity of this "benign tertian fever".
Picot
Stéphane
S
Malaria Research Unit, EA 4170, Faculté de médecine, Université Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France. picot@sante.univ-lyon1.fr
Bienvenu
Anne-Lise
AL
D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009017:Morbidity; D010641:Phenotype; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology