Search

Your search keyword '"Joseph Omara"' showing total 3 results
Start Over Author "Joseph Omara"
3 results on '"Joseph Omara"'

1. Plasmodium malariae infections as a cause of febrile disease in an area of high Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in Eastern Uganda

Author

Daniel Ayo, Bakar Odongo, Joseph Omara, Chiara Andolina, Ole Mulder, Sarah G. Staedke, and Teun Bousema

Subjects
Plasmodium malariae, P. falciparum, Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, Schizonts, Microscopy, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the vast majority of (severe) clinical malaria cases in most African settings. Other Plasmodium species often go undiagnosed but may still have clinical consequences. Case presentation Here, five cases of Plasmodium malariae infections from Eastern Uganda (aged 2–39 years) are presented. These infections were all initially mistaken for P. falciparum, but Plasmodium schizonts (up to 2080/µL) were identified by microscopy. Clinical signs included history of fever and mild anaemia. Conclusion These findings highlight the importance of considering non-falciparum species as the cause of clinical malaria. In areas of intense P. falciparum transmission, where rapid diagnostic tests that detect only P. falciparum antigens are commonly used, non-falciparum malaria cases may be missed.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

3. Plasmodium malariae infections as a cause of febrile disease in an area of high Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in Eastern Uganda

Author

Ole Mulder, Chiara Andolina, Teun Bousema, Joseph Omara, Bakar Odongo, Sarah G. Staedke, and Daniel Ayo

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Fever, RC955-962, Misdiagnosis, Schizonts, Plasmodium falciparum, Case Report, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Plasmodium malariae, Disease, P. falciparum, Plasmodium, Young Adult, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Diagnosis, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, Uganda, Malaria, Falciparum, Microscopy, biology, business.industry, Transmission (medicine), Infant, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Malaria, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 4], Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Tropical medicine, Female, business
Abstract

Background Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the vast majority of (severe) clinical malaria cases in most African settings. Other Plasmodium species often go undiagnosed but may still have clinical consequences. Case presentation Here, five cases of Plasmodium malariae infections from Eastern Uganda (aged 2–39 years) are presented. These infections were all initially mistaken for P. falciparum, but Plasmodium schizonts (up to 2080/µL) were identified by microscopy. Clinical signs included history of fever and mild anaemia. Conclusion These findings highlight the importance of considering non-falciparum species as the cause of clinical malaria. In areas of intense P. falciparum transmission, where rapid diagnostic tests that detect only P. falciparum antigens are commonly used, non-falciparum malaria cases may be missed.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results