Analysis of the frequency of relapses due to malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax in a non endemie area (São Paulo, Brazil)

Authors

  • Marcos Boulos FMUSP; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias
  • Vicente Amato Neto FMUSP; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias
  • Araripe Pacheco Dutra Superintendência de Controle de Endemias
  • Silvia Maria Di Santi Superintendência de Controle de Endemias
  • Mário Shiroma FMUSP; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias

Keywords:

Malária, Plasmodium vivax, Recaídas, Análise em região não endêmica (São Paulo, Brasil)

Abstract

Very few well-established information is available about the frequency and timeliness of relapses in cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria acquired in Brazil. So, we analysed a series of correctly treated patients observed out of endemic areas. The rate of relapses seen in São Paulo, which may represent that of the parasitosis in the whole country, was high, ranging from 7.5% to 24.5%, and early in most cases, i.e. appearing by three months, what anticipates a high endemicity.

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Published

1991-04-01

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (1991)

Section

Epidemiology

How to Cite

Boulos, M., Amato Neto, V., Dutra, A. P., Di Santi, S. M., & Shiroma, M. (1991). Analysis of the frequency of relapses due to malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax in a non endemie area (São Paulo, Brazil) . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 33(2), 143-146. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28806