Human Plasmodium knowlesi infection detected by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: van Hellemond JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2819855 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature