Emergence of Plasmodium ovale malaria among the French Armed Forces in the Republic of Ivory Coast: 20 years of clinical and biological experience
| Autor: | Manuela Oliver, Hervé Bogreau, Fabrice Simon, J. J. De Pina, N. Wurtz, X. Demaison, Audrey Mérens, Aissata Dia, Christophe Rapp, F. de Laval, R. Migliani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Genotype Genotyping Techniques Anemia Plasmodium ovale Polymerase Chain Reaction Disease Outbreaks Young Adult Epidemiology medicine Humans Genotyping biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Outbreak DNA Protozoan Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Malaria Military personnel Infectious Diseases Cote d'Ivoire Military Personnel France business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 58(8) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | Background. French military surveillance identified an increase in Plasmodium ovale attacks among soldiers in Ivory Coast. This emergence and the low sensitivity of biological tests raise the question of a possible role of P. ovale variant species. Methods. Epidemiological data about P. ovale attacks from 1993 to 2012 were studied; the species diagnosis was based on a thin blood smear and/or a quick diagnostic test. Clinical and biological features in soldiers hospitalized in 2 French military hospitals were also reviewed. Malaria polymerase chain reaction followed by genotyping was performed when available. Results. French military physicians declared 328 P. ovale attacks over the 20-year study. A peak of incidence occurred in 2005. Among patients with positive blood smears, the quick diagnostic test was positive in 33 of 101 tests performed. The hospital study showed that symptoms and biological changes were not specific, which made diagnosis challenging: fever, anemia, and thrombocytopenia were not present in 20%, 71%, and 23% of the 45 confirmed cases, respectively. It was possible to perform molecular investigations on 19 clinical isolates: 18 were classic haplotypes with additional polymorphism and 1 was variant. Conclusions. This emergence of P. ovale malaria enabled a good description to be made in nonimmune patients. The lack of sensitivity of both clinical features and quick diagnostic tests suggests an underestimation. Reasons for this outbreak are especially intense exposure to the vectors and the insufficient efficacy of doxycycline against P. ovale. The polymorphism of classic haplotypes of P. ovale rather than variant forms could be involved. |
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