Asymptomatic infection in individuals from the municipality of Barcelos (Brazilian Amazon) is not associated with the anti-Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositol antibody response

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Larissa Rodrigues Gomes¹  Paulo Renato Rivas Totino¹  Maria Carmen Arroyo Sanchez¹  Elsa Paula Da Silva Kaingona Daniel¹  Cristiana Santos De Macedo¹  Filomeno Fortes¹  Jose Rodrigues Coura¹  Silvia Maria Di Santi¹  Guilherme Loureiro Werneck¹  Martha Cecilia Suarez-mutis¹  Maria De Fatima Ferreira-da-cruz¹  Claudio Tadeu Daniel-ribeiro¹ 

关键词: Plasmodium falciparum;    Plasmodium vivax;    glycosylphosphatidylinositol;    asymptomatic infection;    Brazilian Amazon;    Angola;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-0276108062013018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Anti-glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) antibodies (Abs) may reflect and mediate, at least partially, anti-disease immunity in malaria by neutralising the toxic effect of parasitic GPI. Thus, we assessed the anti-GPI Ab response in asymptomatic individuals living in an area of the Brazilian Amazon that has a high level of malaria transmission. For comparative purposes, we also investigated the Ab response to a crude extract prepared from Plasmodium falciparum, the merozoite surface protein (MSP)3 antigen of P. falciparum and the MSP 1 antigen of Plasmodium vivax (PvMSP1-19) in these individuals and in Angolan patients with acute malaria. Our data suggest that the Ab response against P. falciparum GPI is not associated with P. falciparum asymptomatic infection in individuals who have been chronically exposed to malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. However, this Ab response could be related to ongoing parasitaemia (as was previously shown) in the Angolan patients. In addition, our data show that PvMSP1-19may be a good marker antigen to reflect previous exposure to Plasmodium in areas that have a high transmission rate of P. vivax.

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