title: Use of malaria rapid diagnostic test to identify Plasmodium knowlesi infection.
abstract: Reports of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi, a monkey malaria, suggest that it and other nonhuman malaria species may be an emerging health problem. We report the use of a rapid test to supplement microscopic analysis in distinguishing the 5 malaria species that infect humans.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 12735 Twinbrook Pkwy, Rockville, MD 20892, USA. tmccutchan@niaid.nih.gov
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: McCutchan
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Makler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000939:Epitopes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase