Correlation between positive serology for Plasmodium vivax-like/Plasmodium simiovale malaria parasites in the human and anopheline populations in the State of Acre, Brazil.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 92(2): 149-51, 1998.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9764317
Antibodies against the Plasmodium vivax-like/P. simiovale malaria parasite circumsporozoite repeat peptide (APGANQEGGAA)3 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 120 sera randomly collected in 1994 from adults in 3 localities of the malaria endemic area in the State of Acre, Brazil; antibody was detected in 18 (15%). A 'sandwich' ELISA using monoclonal antibody (mab) Pam 172, directed against the same peptide, was carried out on 1207 Anopheles oswaldoi, 12 of which (1.0%) were positive, and 168 A. deaneorum, 2 of which (1.2%) were positive. This is the first report of serological detection of the P. vivax-like parasite in anophelines and the first report linking anopheline to human serology for this parasite in the same geographical area. It is an additional indication that A. oswaldoi is a malaria vector in Acre.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plasmodium vivax
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Antibodies, Protozoan
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Malaria, Vivax
Limits:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
United kingdom