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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Dispatch

Plasmodium cynomolgi Co-infections among Symptomatic Malaria Patients, Thailand

Chaturong PutaporntipComments to Author , Napaporn Kuamsab, Urassaya Pattanawong, Surasuk Yanmanee, Sunee Seethamchai, and Somchai Jongwutiwes
Author affiliations: Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand (C. Putaporntip, N. Kuamsab, U. Pattanawong, S. Yanmanee, S. Jongwutiwes); Naresuan University Faculty of Science, Pitsanulok, Thailand (S. Seethamchai)

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Table 2

Demographic and parasitologic features of Plasmodium cynomolgi–co-infected patients among febrile patients who sought treatment at malaria clinics or local hospitals in 5 provinces, Thailand

Patient* Age, y/sex Province Month Season Monkey in proximity Microscopy diagnosis Parasites/μL‡ PCR diagnosis
TSY1522
38/M
Tak
2007 Nov
Dry
No
P. vivax
12,160
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
CT606†
30/M
Chanthaburi
2009 Oct
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
86,535
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
UBY120
32/M
Ubon Ratchathani
2015 Aug
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
570
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
NR105
53/M
Narathiwat
2008 Jul
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
4,620
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
YL3179
15/M
Yala
2016 Apr
Dry
Yes
P. vivax
1,140
P. vivax,P. knowlesiP. cynomolgi
YL3634
40/F
Yala
2016 Dec
Rainy
Yes
P. falciparum
60
P. falciparum, P. cynomolgi
YL3680
49/M
Yala
2016 Dec
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
3,720
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
YL3685
18/M
Yala
2016 Dec
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
4,680
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
YL4278
21/M
Yala
2017 Oct
Rainy
Yes
P. vivax
7,440
P. vivax,P. cynomolgi
*Alphanumeric designations represent provinces and serial number of blood samples.
†Patient from Cambodia, but had lived in Thailand for 1 year just prior to illness, with no history of travel outside of the country.
‡All species of malaria parasites (all stages) were determined from >200 leukocytes on Giemsa-stained thick blood films.

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