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Evaluation of rapid immunocapture assays for diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax in Korea
- Issue Date
- Jun-2001
- Publisher
- SPRINGER-VERLAG
- Keywords
- ICT; Immunocapture assay; OptiMal; Plasmodium vivax; South Korea
- Citation
- PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH, v.87, no.6, pp 445 - 448
- Pages
- 4
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
- Volume
- 87
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 445
- End Page
- 448
- ISSN
- 0932-0113
1432-1955
- Abstract
- The rapid immunocapture assays, OptiMal and ICT, were evaluated from 87 individuals for the diagnosis of malaria infections directly from whole blood. A total of 87 individuals was examined for malaria parasites by microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood smears, and 65 cases were positive for Plasmodium vivax by microscopy. Correspondingly, the OptiMal test identified malaria infection in 45 cases (69.2%) of microscopy positive cases. Of these, two cases were misinterpreted as Plasmodium falciparum, whereas ICT detected P. vivax infection in 29 (44.6%) patients. We would like to propose that rapid immune capture assays are an easy method that can serve as a useful tool in addition to microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria, but sensitivity is not yet satisfactory for diagnosis of P. vivax in Korea.
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- Lim, Chae Seung
- Guro Hospital (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guro Hospital)