Prevalence and Level of Antibodies Anti-Plasmodium spp. in Travellers with Clinical History of Imported Malaria

In this study, we show that 40.29% of travellers with a possible history of malaria exposure were positive for anti-Plasmodium spp. antibodies, while these individuals were negative by microscopy. The antibody test described here is useful to elucidate malaria exposure in microscopy-negative travell...

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Main Authors: Rita Medina Costa, Karina Pires de Sousa, Jorge Atouguia, Luis Távora Tavira, Marcelo Sousa Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/247273