Plasmodium cynomolgi Co-infections among Symptomatic Malaria Patients, Thailand

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;27(2):590-593. doi: 10.3201/eid2702.191660.

Abstract

Among 1,180 symptomatic malaria patients, 9 (0.76%) infected with Plasmodium cynomolgi were co-infected with P. vivax (n = 7), P. falciparum (n = 1), or P. vivax and P. knowlesi (n = 1). Patients were from Tak, Chanthaburi, Ubon Ratchathani, Yala, and Narathiwat Provinces, suggesting P. cynomolgi is widespread in this country.

Keywords: PCR detection; Plasmodium; Plasmodium cynomolgi; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium knowlesi; Plasmodium vivax; Thailand; co-infections; cross-transmission; malaria; mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I; mixed species malaria infection; parasites; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coinfection* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Malaria* / complications
  • Malaria* / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax* / complications
  • Malaria, Vivax* / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Vivax* / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium cynomolgi*
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Plasmodium knowlesi* / genetics
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Thailand / epidemiology