title: False-positive Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 immunocapture assay results for acute schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mekongi.
abstract: We report seven cases of false-positive Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) malaria assay results in patients with acute schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mekongi. PfHRP2 assays were negative in travelers infected with Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma haematobium (n = 13). Malaria was ruled out and rheumatoid factor was negative in all patients.
authors.affiliation: Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Tel Hashomer, Israel. leshem@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Daphna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guthman
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marva
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; C514457:HRP-2 antigen, Plasmodium falciparum; D015800:Protozoan Proteins