Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon

Abbate, Jessica L.; Becquart, Pierre; Leroy, Eric; Ezenwa, Vanessa O.; Roche, Benjamin

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Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon

Published Date:

February 17 2020

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Emerg Infect Dis. 26(2):229-237

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English

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Abbate, Jessica L. ; Becquart, Pierre ; Leroy, Eric ; Ezenwa, Vanessa O. ; Roche, Benjamin ;

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An association between malaria and risk for death among patients with Ebola virus disease has suggested within-host interactions between Plasmodium falciparum parasites and Ebola virus. To determine whether such an interaction might also influence the probability of acquiring either infection, we used a large snapshot surveillance study from rural Gabon to test if past exposure to Ebola virus is associated with current infection with Plasmodium spp. during nonepidemic conditions. We found a strong positive association, on population and individual levels, between seropositivity for antibodies against Ebola virus and the presence of Plasmodium parasites in the blood. According to a multiple regression model accounting for other key variables, antibodies against Ebola virus emerged as the strongest individual-level risk factor for acquiring malaria. Our results suggest that within-host interactions between malaria parasites and Ebola virus may underlie epidemiologic associations.

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31829919

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PMC6986822

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Journal Article

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Gabon

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon

Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon

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