Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection Detected by Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Animals Antigens, Protozoan Antigen Test Borneo Dispatch Humans Malaria Male Netherlands Parasitemia Plasmodium Knowlesi Polymerase Chain Reaction Rapid Diagnostics Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Species Specificity The Netherlands Time Factors Transients And Migrants

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(9):1478-1480.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:302719ddc02a2321929c4b6694d21e3ba672ca9fc9c161e16da8ba42df663cab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17881/cdc_17881_DS1.pdf
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