标题：Specificity of the indirect haemagglutination test with Plasmodium falciparum test cells: Comparison of indirect haemagglutination and fluorescent antibody tests on African sera
摘要：The specificity of the indirect haemagglutination (IHA) test with Plasmodium falciparum placental antigen-sensitized test cells was examined with sera from healthy blood donors and from patients with diseases other than malaria. Only 1 nonspecific antibody reaction was seen in more than 700 tests. A comparison of IHA titres and indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) titres with IgG and IgM conjugates on 503 sera from inhabitants of Mto Wa Mbu in Tanzania showed in successive age groups an increasing number of seropositive reactors with both tests. The increase in the proportion of positive reactions and in the mean titre levels started earlier but was more gradual in the IFA test than in the IHA test. Parasite carriers had higher antibody levels than people without an apparent parasitaemia. Parasite carriers in the younger age groups especially were more frequently seronegative in the IHA test than in the IFA test with anti-IgG conjugates. The reactivity of the IHA test with P. falciparum (Palo Alto/Aotus) antigen was higher than that with P. falciparum placental antigen and was thus closer to that of the IFA test with IgG conjugates. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (893K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 513 514 515 516 517 518 519
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