Malaria Parasites Detected in Myanmar Thalassemia Patients

We examined the existence of malaria parasite carriers in 186 Myanmar transfusion dependent anemic patients with thalassemia mutations. Two malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and P, vivax (Pv), were detected by the PCR method using a multiplex primer set. Six patients were infected with P...

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Published inKAWASAKI MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 17 - 20
Main Authors Keiko HARANO, Aung Myint Than, Teruo HARANO, Ne Win
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Kawasaki Medical Society 2002
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Summary:We examined the existence of malaria parasite carriers in 186 Myanmar transfusion dependent anemic patients with thalassemia mutations. Two malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and P, vivax (Pv), were detected by the PCR method using a multiplex primer set. Six patients were infected with Pf, and seven with Pv. The β-thalassemia (thal) genotypes and hemoglobinopathies were as follows ; combination homozygote and/or heterozygote with Hb E and β0-thal or β1-thal, β0-thal and β0-thal, or β0-thal and β+-thal.
ISSN:0385-0234