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Frequency and Distribution of Mixed Falciparum-vivax Infections in French Guiana

NCT02903758 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2016-09-16

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Summary

Malaria is still endemic in the interior of French Guiana. mixed infections by 2 or more different malaria parasites lead to complex and potentially harmfull therapeutic problems. The aim of the study was to look at malaria smears between 2000 and 2008 and determine using PCR the frequency of mixed infections, and their distribution in the terrtory of French Guiana. Overall 10.75% of 400 smears showed mixed infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax. The Maroni river where Duffy negative populations live was largely devoid of vivax infections. These results suggest that mixed infections are frequent in french guiana except on the Maroni river which leads to practical implications for clinicians facing a patient with clinical malaria.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

cross sectional

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • universite de guyane

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Primary Completion
2000-01-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • France

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