False-positive Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 immunocapture assay results for acute schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mekongi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2331-2332

  Leshem, Eyal ^a,b   Keller, Nathan ^a,b   Guthman, Daphna ^a   Grossman, Tamar ^c   Solomon, Michal ^a   Marva, Esther ^c   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PRAZIQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI;

EID: 79957461117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00307-11     Document Type: Article

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