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Can Mixed Parasite Infections Thwart Targeted Malaria Elimination Program in India?
Joint Authors
Singh, Upasana Shyamsunder
Siwal, Nisha
Das, Aparup
Pande, Veena
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
India is highly endemic to malaria with prevalence of all five species of human malaria parasites of Plasmodium genus.
India is set for malaria elimination by 2030.
Since cases of mixed Plasmodium species infections remain usually undetected but cause huge disease burden, in order to understand the distributional prevalence of both monospecies infections and mixed species infections in India, we collated published data on the differential infection incidences of the five different malaria parasites based on PCR diagnostic assay.
About 11% of total cases were due to mixed species infection.
Among several interesting observations on both single and mixed parasitic infections, incidences of Plasmodium falciparum monoinfection were found to be significantly higher than P.
vivax monoinfection.
Also, P.
malariae seems to be emerging as a potential malaria threat in India.
Putting all the facts together, it appears that the dream of achieving malaria elimination in India will not be completely successful without dealing with mixed species infection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Singh, Upasana Shyamsunder& Siwal, Nisha& Pande, Veena& Das, Aparup. 2017. Can Mixed Parasite Infections Thwart Targeted Malaria Elimination Program in India?. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Singh, Upasana Shyamsunder…[et al.]. Can Mixed Parasite Infections Thwart Targeted Malaria Elimination Program in India?. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Singh, Upasana Shyamsunder& Siwal, Nisha& Pande, Veena& Das, Aparup. Can Mixed Parasite Infections Thwart Targeted Malaria Elimination Program in India?. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135471
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1135471