Correlation between Plasmodium vivax variants in Belém, Pará State, Brazil and symptoms and clearance of parasitaemia

The aim of this study was to determine how different types of P. vivax affect clinical symptoms and parasitaemia clearance. Blood was collected from individuals from Pará State, Brazil. The patients were treated as chloroquine plus primaquine. P. vivax were typed daily till D7 and again on D30. Now...

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Main Authors: Machado Ricardo Luiz Dantas, Figueiredo Filho Alberto Ferreira de, Calvosa Vanja Sueli Pachiano, Figueredo Maria Cristina, Nascimento José Maria, Póvoa Marinete Marins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300002