Increasing proportions of relapsing parasite species among imported malaria in China's Guangxi Province from Western and Central Africa
| Autor: | Weilin Zeng, Yaming Huang, Zhaoqing Yang, Pien Qin, Lijie Shen, Yanmei Zhang, Cuiying Li, Maohua Pan, Liwang Cui, Yu Si, Lynette Menezes, Siqi Wang, Penglu Liu, Zheng Xiang, Yucheng Qin, Xi Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China
030231 tropical medicine Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium ovale Subspecies Disease cluster Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Africa Central Parasites 030212 general & internal medicine Clade Phylogeny Travel biology Transmission (medicine) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Plasmodium falciparum biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Malaria Infectious Diseases Travel-Related Illness Demography |
| Zdroj: | Travel Med Infect Dis |
| ISSN: | 1873-0442 |
| Popis: | Background Travel-related malaria in non-endemic areas returning from endemic areas presents important challenges to diagnosis and treatment. Imported malaria to newly malaria-free countries poses further threats of malaria re-introduction and potential resurgence. For those traveling to places with high Plasmodium falciparum prevalence, prophylaxis against this parasite is recommended, whereas causal prophylaxis against relapsing malaria is often overlooked. Methods We analyzed a cluster of imported malaria among febrile patients in Shanglin County, Guangxi Province, China, who had recent travel histories to Western and Central Africa. Malaria was diagnosed by microscopy and subsequently confirmed by species- and subspecies-specific PCR. Plasmodium vivax was genotyped using a barcode consisting of 42 single nucleotide polymorphisms. Results Investigations of 344 PCR-confirmed malaria cases revealed that in addition to Plasmodium falciparum being the major parasite species, the relapsing parasites Plasmodium ovale and P. vivax accounted for ~40% of these imported cases. Of the 114 P. ovale infections, 65.8% and 34.2% were P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri, respectively, with the two subspecies having a ~2:1 ratio in both Western and Central Africa. Phylogenetic analysis of 14 P. vivax isolates using a genetic barcode demonstrated that 11 formed a distinct clade from P. vivax populations from Eastern Africa. Conclusion This study provides support for active P. vivax transmission in areas with the predominant Duffy-negative blood group. With relapsing malaria making a substantial proportion of the imported malaria, causal prophylaxis should be advocated to travelers with a travel destination to Western and Central Africa. |
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