Malaria diagnosis: Identification of an anti-40-kDa polypeptide antibody response associated with active or recent infection and study of the IgG/IgM ratio of antibodies to blood-stagePlasmodium falciparum antigens
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The need for an alternative methodology to assess disease activity in the case of malaria led us to evaluate the usefulness of studying the humoral immune response to establish the diagnosis of past or recent malaria. For this purpose, we analyzed sera from 439 individuals living in endemic areas of the Amazon region (Ariquemes, Rondonia). Individuals were classified according to the number and the date of past crises. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed to evaluate the IgG/IgM ratio so as to discriminate acute or recent malaria from past infections against crude and defined (SPF70)Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood-stage antigens. We also analyzed the humoral immune response against components presented in crudeP. falciparum antigen by the immunoblot technique. Use of the IgG/IgM ratio values did not allow us to differentiate acute from past infections. However, when we analyzed the humoral immune response to parasite components, we were capable of identifying a polypeptide with a molecular weight ranging up to 40 kDa, which was recognized by all parasitized polyinfected individuals studied but not by individuals with negative thick blood smears. In view of these data, we conclude that the 40-kDa polypeptide may represent a powerful tool in the diagnosis of acute malaria, mainly for screening blood donors in endemic areas.
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