| Author | Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb | |
| Author | Daniel-Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu | |
| Author | Laporta, Gabriel Zorello | |
| Author | Cruz, Maria de Fátima Ferreira da | |
| Author | Maselli, Luciana Morganti Ferreira | |
| Author | Levy, Débora | |
| Author | Bydlowski, Sérgio Paulo | |
| Access date | 2015-06-08T14:01:49Z | |
| Available date | 2015-06-08T14:01:49Z | |
| Document date | 2014 | |
| Citation | SALLUM, 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. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1475-2875 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/10689 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | BioMed Central | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Malária | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Floresta Atlântica | pt_BR |
| Title | Finding connections in the unexpected detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA in asymptomatic blood donors: a fact in the Atlantic Forest | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-337 | pt_BR |
| Abstract | A 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. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Departamento de Epidemiologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Departamento de Epidemiologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Laboratório de Genética e Hematologia Molecular (LIM31). Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Laboratório de Genética e Hematologia Molecular (LIM31). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Laboratório de Genética e Hematologia Molecular (LIM31). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Malaria | pt_BR |
| Subject | Plasmodium falciparum | pt_BR |
| Subject | PlasmodiumAtlantic Forest vivax | pt_BR |
| Subject | Subclinical infection | pt_BR |
| Subject | Blood donors | pt_BR |
| Subject | Atlantic Forest | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Doadores de Sangue | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Plasmodium vivax | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Plasmodium falciparum | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Malária | pt_BR |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 15 Vida terrestre | |
