Finding connections in the unexpected detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA in asymptomatic blood donors: a fact in the Atlantic Forest

dc.creatorSallum, Maria Anice Mureb
dc.creatorDaniel-Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu
dc.creatorLaporta, Gabriel Zorello
dc.creatorCruz, Maria de Fátima Ferreira da
dc.creatorMaselli, Luciana Morganti Ferreira
dc.creatorLevy, Débora
dc.creatorBydlowski, Sérgio Paulo
dc.date2015-06-08T14:01:49Z
dc.date2015-06-08T14:01:49Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:51:46Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:51:46Z
dc.identifierSALLUM, Maria Anice Mureb et al. Finding connections in the unexpected detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA in asymptomatic blood donors: a fact in the Atlantic Forest. Malaria Journal, v.13:337 , 5p, 2014.
dc.identifier1475-2875
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/10689
dc.identifier10.1186/1475-2875-13-337
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8884086
dc.descriptionA recent paper in Malaria Journal reported the observation of unexpected prevalence rates of healthy individuals carrying Plasmodium falciparum (5.14%) or Plasmodium vivax (2.26%) DNA among blood donors from the main transfusion centre in the metropolitan São Paulo, a non-endemic area for malaria. The article has been challenged by a group of authors who argued that the percentages reported were higher than those found in blood banks of the endemic Amazon Region and also that that paper had not considered the literature on the classical dynamics of malaria transmission in the Atlantic Forest, which involves Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii and bromeliad malaria, due to P. vivax and Plasmodium malariae parasites, but not P. falciparum. The present commentary paper responds to this challenge and brings evidence and literature data supporting that the observed prevalence ratios may indicate a proportion of individuals that are exposed to Plasmodium transmission in permissive environments; that blood carrying parasite DNA may not be necessarily infective if used in transfusion; and that in the literature, there are examples supporting the circulation of P. falciparum in the area.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectMalária
dc.subjectFloresta Atlântica
dc.subjectMalaria
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparum
dc.subjectPlasmodiumAtlantic Forest vivax
dc.subjectSubclinical infection
dc.subjectBlood donors
dc.subjectAtlantic Forest
dc.subjectDoadores de Sangue
dc.subjectPlasmodium vivax
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparum
dc.subjectMalária
dc.titleFinding connections in the unexpected detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA in asymptomatic blood donors: a fact in the Atlantic Forest
dc.typeArticle


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