AN AUTOCHTHONOUS CASE OF MALARIA IN PETROPOLIS, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Sérgio Lisbôa Machado Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Magda Maria Adorno Ferreira Lima Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; INCA/RJ
  • Fernanda Baptista Caetano Pires Cruz
  • Helena Keiko Toma Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v48i4.62160

Abstract

In Brazil, about 99% of malaria cases occur in Brazil’s Legal Amazon. In all other states malaria has been noted but with imported cases. Here we describe an autochthonous case of malaria in Petropolis city, Rio de Janeiro. The clinical symptoms and epidemiological aspects were compatible with malaria and the presence of Plasmodium was confirmed through molecular diagnostic testing performed on a blood sample from a local resident after an ecological hike in the Atlantic Forest on the outskirts of town. After treatment with chloroquine
and primaquine, the symptoms ceased. This city was regarded malaria free for many years although it still presents the malaria vectors. Considering that Plasmodium sp. is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, this clinical case serves as an epidemiological alert.
KEY WORDS: Malaria; clinical case; Plasmodium vivax

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Published

2020-02-21

How to Cite

MACHADO, S. L.; LIMA, M. M. A. F.; CRUZ, F. B. C. P.; TOMA, H. K. AN AUTOCHTHONOUS CASE OF MALARIA IN PETROPOLIS, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 48, n. 4, p. 249–252, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v48i4.62160. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/62160. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 4 (2019)

Section

CASE REPORT

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