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: Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado, Alberto Ferreira de Figueiredo Filho, Vanja Sueli Pachiano Calvosa, Maria Cristina Figueredo, José Maria Nascimento, Marinete Marins Póvoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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