Malaria in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela: current challenges in malaria control and elimination

J Recht, AM Siqueira, WM Monteiro, SM Herrera… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
In spite of significant progress towards malaria control and elimination achieved in South
America in the 2000s, this mosquito-transmitted tropical disease remains an important public …

Tissue-specific immunopathology during malaria infection

C Coban, MSJ Lee, KJ Ishii - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Systemic inflammation mediated by Plasmodium parasites is central to malaria disease and
its complications. Plasmodium parasites reside in erythrocytes and can theoretically reach …

[HTML][HTML] Enfoque clínico del síndrome febril agudo en Colombia

JA Cortés, LF Romero-Moreno, CA Aguirre-León… - Infectio, 2017 - scielo.org.co
El síndrome febril agudo se refiere a un conjunto de enfermedades que cursan con fiebre
en el contexto de exposición en áreas tropicales y que constituyen un motivo de consulta …

Plasmodium cynomolgi infections in rhesus macaques display clinical and parasitological features pertinent to modelling vivax malaria pathology and relapse …

C Joyner, A Moreno, EVS Meyer, M Cabrera-Mora… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax infections in humans or in new world monkeys pose
research challenges that necessitate the use of alternative model systems. Plasmodium …

Severe thrombocytopaenia in patients with vivax malaria compared to falciparum malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Naing, MA Whittaker - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread species among
human malaria parasites. Immunopathological studies have shown that platelets are an …

Multiplicity of Infection and Disease Severity in Plasmodium vivax

MA Pacheco, M Lopez-Perez, AF Vallejo… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Multiplicity of infection (MOI) refers to the average number of distinct parasite
genotypes concurrently infecting a patient. Although several studies have reported on MOI …

Atypical memory B-cells and autoantibodies correlate with anemia during Plasmodium vivax complicated infections

J Rivera-Correa, MF Yasnot-Acosta… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax is a highly prevalent infection world-wide, that was
previously considered mild, but complications such as anemia have been highly reported in …

Whole Genome Sequencing of Field Isolates Reveals Extensive Genetic Diversity in Plasmodium vivax from Colombia

DJ Winter, MA Pacheco, AF Vallejo… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malarial species in South America and exerts a
substantial burden on the populations it affects. The control and eventual elimination of P …

Randomized clinical trial to assess the protective efficacy of a Plasmodium vivax CS synthetic vaccine

M Arévalo-Herrera, X Gaitán, M Larmat-Delgado… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A randomized, double-blind, controlled vaccine clinical trial was conducted to assess, as the
primary outcome, the safety and protective efficacy of the Plasmodium vivax …

Malaria intensity in Colombia by regions and populations

A Feged-Rivadeneira, A Ángel… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Determining the distribution of disease prevalence among heterogeneous populations at the
national scale is fundamental for epidemiology and public health. Here, we use a …