Interleukin-10 and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor II are potential biomarkers of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> infections in pregnant women: a case-control study from Nanoro, Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy is problematic due to the low sensitivity of conventional diagnostic tests (rapid diagnostic test and microscopy), which is exacerbated due to low peripheral parasite densities, and lack of clinical symptoms. In this study, six potential biomarkers to support malaria diagnosis in pregnancy were evaluated.

Methods

Blood samples were collected from pregnant women at antenatal clinic visits and at delivery. Microscopy and real-time PCR were performed for malaria diagnosis and biomarker analyses were performed by ELISA (interleukin 10, IL-10; tumor necrosis factor-α, TNF-α; soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor II, sTNF-RII; soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, sFlt-1; leptin and apolipoprotein B, Apo-B). A placental biopsy was collec

SUBMITTER: Ruizendaal E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729512 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature