Abstract
To achieve malaria elimination, new tools are required to explicitly target Plasmodium vivax. Recently, a novel panel of P. vivax proteins were identified and validated as serological markers for detecting recent exposure to P. vivax within the last 9 months. In order to improve the sensitivity and specificity of these markers, immunoglobulin M (IgM) in addition to immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody responses were compared with a down-selected panel of 20 P. vivax proteins. IgM was tested using archival plasma samples from observational cohort studies conducted in malaria-endemic regions of Thailand and Brazil. IgM responses to these proteins generally had poorer classification performance than IgG.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | ofab228 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Open Forum Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 22 May 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |