Resumen

PEREZ, Hilda A. La malaria por Plasmodium Vivax (Grassi y Feletti, 1890) en los trópicos y los retos de la cura radical . INCI [online]. 2004, vol.29, n.9, pp.490-495. ISSN 0378-1844.

Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread species causing human malaria; it prevails in Asia, Central and South America and the Western Pacific, and its global burden is of approximately 80 million cases annually. Although rarely fatal, the parasite causes recurrent morbid epishowed a well tolerated regimen in adults. However, clinical data from several tropical countries indicate that for an unfailing radical cure of tropical infections a higher dose of PQ should be given. It seems therefore, that clinical and epidemiological management of P. vivax malaria in the tropics is complicated by the wide spread of PQ tolerant parasites producing short-term relapses in an ecological environment where transmission is favored. Studies on the more appropriate therapeutic regimen of PQ for radical cure of P. vivax in the tropics are required without delay.

Palabras clave : Paludismo; Plasmodium vivax; Primaquina; Recidivas.