Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection Detected by Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

We describe a PCR-confirmed case of Plasmodium knowlesi infection with a high parasitemia level and clinical signs of severe malaria in a migrant worker from Malaysian Borneo in the Netherlands. Investigations showed that commercially available rapid antigen tests for detection of human Plasmodium i...

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Autores principales: van Hellemond, Jaap J., Rutten, Marijke, Koelewijn, Rob, Zeeman, Anne-Marie, Verweij, Jaco J., Wismans, Pieter J., Kocken, Clemens H., van Genderen, Perry J.J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788819
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090358
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Sumario:We describe a PCR-confirmed case of Plasmodium knowlesi infection with a high parasitemia level and clinical signs of severe malaria in a migrant worker from Malaysian Borneo in the Netherlands. Investigations showed that commercially available rapid antigen tests for detection of human Plasmodium infections can detect P. knowlesi infections in humans.

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