TY - JOUR
T1 - Gametocytemia in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections
AU - McKenzie, F. Ellis
AU - Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda
AU - Magill, Alan J.
AU - Forney, J. Russ
AU - Permpanich, Barnyen
AU - Lucas, Carmen
AU - Erhart, Laura M.
AU - O'Meara, Wendy P.
AU - Smith, David L.
AU - Sirichaisinthop, Jeeraphat
AU - Gasser, Robert A.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Two expert research microscopists, each blinded to the other's reports, diagnosed single-species malaria infections in 2,141 adults presenting at outpatient malaria clinics in Tak Province, Thailand, and Iquitos, Peru, in May-August 1998, May-July 1999, and May-June 2001. Plasmodium vivax patients with gametocytemia had higher fever and higher parasitemia than those without gametocytemia; temperature correlated with parasitemia in the patients with gametocytemia. Plasmodium falciparum patients with gametocytemia had lower fever than those without gametocytemia, but similar parasitemia; temperature correlated with parasitemia in the patients without gametocytemia. Hematologic data in Thailand in 2001 showed lower platelet counts in P. vivax patients with gametocytemia than in the P. vivax patients without gametocytemia, whereas P. falciparum patients with gametocytemia had similar platelet counts but lower red blood cell counts, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit levels, and higher lymphocyte counts than patients without gametocytemia.
AB - Two expert research microscopists, each blinded to the other's reports, diagnosed single-species malaria infections in 2,141 adults presenting at outpatient malaria clinics in Tak Province, Thailand, and Iquitos, Peru, in May-August 1998, May-July 1999, and May-June 2001. Plasmodium vivax patients with gametocytemia had higher fever and higher parasitemia than those without gametocytemia; temperature correlated with parasitemia in the patients with gametocytemia. Plasmodium falciparum patients with gametocytemia had lower fever than those without gametocytemia, but similar parasitemia; temperature correlated with parasitemia in the patients without gametocytemia. Hematologic data in Thailand in 2001 showed lower platelet counts in P. vivax patients with gametocytemia than in the P. vivax patients without gametocytemia, whereas P. falciparum patients with gametocytemia had similar platelet counts but lower red blood cell counts, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit levels, and higher lymphocyte counts than patients without gametocytemia.
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U2 - 10.1645/ge-911r.1
DO - 10.1645/ge-911r.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 17304807
AN - SCOPUS:33847002731
SN - 0022-3395
VL - 92
SP - 1280
EP - 1285
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
IS - 6
ER -