Title
Guaroa Virus and Plasmodium vivax Co-Infections, Peruvian Amazon
Date Issued
01 April 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Elson W.H.
Morrison A.C.
Hontz R.D.
Guevara C.
Jenkins S.
Abente E.J.
US Naval Medical Research Unit
US Naval Medical Research Unit
US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 6
US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 6,
US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 6,
Publisher(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
During April–June 2014 in a malaria-endemic rural community close to the city of Iquitos in Peru, we detected evidence of Guaroa virus (GROV) infection in 14 febrile persons, of whom 6 also had evidence of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Cases were discovered through a long-term febrile illness surveillance network at local participating health facilities. GROV cases were identified by using a combination of seroconversion and virus isolation, and malaria was diagnosed by thick smear and PCR. GROV mono-infections manifested as nonspecific febrile illness and were clinically indistinguishable from GROV and P. vivax co-infections. This cluster of cases highlights the potential for GROV transmission in the rural Peruvian Amazon, particularly in areas where malaria is endemic. Further study of similar areas of the Amazon may provide insights into the extent of GROV transmission in the Amazon basin.
Start page
731
End page
737
Volume
26
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081988175
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sponsor(s)
Funding text 1
We thank Nora Marin, Flora Vargas, Leslye Angulo, Guadalupe Florez, Christopher Cruz, and Maria Silva for invaluable support in the execution of the study and manuscript preparation. In addition, we thank the personnel of the Direccion Regional de Salud de Loreto for supporting our febrile illness surveillance study. This study was supported by funding from the US Department of Defense Health Agency—Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), Work Unit no. 847705.82000.25GB.B0016. Period of Funding: 2014. ProMIS ID: P0144_20_N6.
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