Human Plasmodium knowlesi infection detected by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria.
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.
van Hellemond
Jaap J
JJ
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Rutten
Marijke
M
Koelewijn
Rob
R
Zeeman
Anne Marie
AM
Verweij
Jaco J
JJ
Wismans
Pieter J
PJ
Kocken
Clemens H
CH
van Genderen
Perry J J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D001893:Borneo; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic