PREGNANCY OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA IN NORTHEASTERN VENEZUELA

ALFONSO J. RODRIGUEZ-MORALES Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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ELIA SANCHEZ Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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MIGUEL VARGAS Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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CARMELINA PICCOLO Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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ROSA COLINA Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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MELISSA ARRIA Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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CARLOS FRANCO-PAREDES Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela; Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci, Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico

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Although Plasmodium vivax is increasingly recognized as an important cause of morbidity in pregnancy in low malaria–transmission areas of Asia, little is know about the epidemiologic and clinical profiles of P. vivax in pregnant women in Latin America. We describe the clinical features and pregnancy outcomes in a series of 12 cases of P. vivax malaria in pregnant women complicated in some by miscarriage or preterm deliveries and in others with significant degrees of anemia and thrombocytopenia in a population where P. vivax is endemic in northeastern Venezuela.

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