Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Dispatch
Plasmodium cynomolgi Co-infections among Symptomatic Malaria Patients, Thailand
Chaturong Putaporntip
, Napaporn Kuamsab, Urassaya Pattanawong, Surasuk Yanmanee, Sunee Seethamchai, and Somchai Jongwutiwes
, Napaporn Kuamsab, Urassaya Pattanawong, Surasuk Yanmanee, Sunee Seethamchai, and Somchai Jongwutiwes
Table 1
Distribution of Plasmodium infections diagnosed by PCR of blood samples taken from febrile patients who sought treatment at malaria clinics or local hospitals in 5 provinces, Thailand*
| Species | No. cases by province |
Total no. cases | % Total cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tak | Ubon Ratchathani | Chanthaburi | Yala | Narathiwat | |||
| P. vivax | 98 | 57 | 141 | 467 | 59 | 822 | 69.66 |
| P. falciparum | 72 | 41 | 0 | 87 | 73 | 273 | 23.14 |
| P. knowlesi | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.34 |
| P. malariae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| P. vivax + P. falciparum | 21 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 4.66 |
| P. vivax + P. knowlesi | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0.76 |
| P. vivax + P. cynomolgi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.59 |
| P. vivax + P. knowlesi + P. cynomolgi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| P. falciparum + P. knowlesi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.34 |
| P. falciparum + P. cynomolgi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.09 |
| PCR-positive |
192 |
119 |
144 |
573 |
152 |
1,180 |
100.00 |
| PCR-negative |
0 |
120 |
0 |
19 |
40 |
179 |
NA |
| Total no. samples tested |
192 |
239 |
144 |
592 |
192 |
1,359 |
NA |
| *NA, not applicable. |
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