Diagnosis of mixed Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax infection in a development aid volunteer by examination of bone-marrow specimens by real-time PCR

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jun;44(6):2307-10. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02687-05.

Abstract

Mixed Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax infections in humans are reported very infrequently. The case of a 27-year-old male who sustained malaria quartana/tertiana caused by an unbalanced mixed P. malariae-P. vivax infection is reported here. Conventional tests and serology for malarial parasites were uniformly negative. Identification and quantification of the parasites were accomplished by examining bone-marrow specimens using specific real-time TaqMan PCR.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow / parasitology*
  • Developing Countries
  • Humans
  • Malaria / complications
  • Malaria / diagnosis*
  • Malaria / parasitology
  • Malaria, Vivax / complications
  • Malaria, Vivax / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Male
  • Plasmodium malariae / classification
  • Plasmodium malariae / genetics
  • Plasmodium malariae / isolation & purification*
  • Plasmodium vivax / classification
  • Plasmodium vivax / genetics
  • Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Sudan
  • Taq Polymerase
  • Volunteers

Substances

  • Taq Polymerase