The hide and seek of Plasmodium vivax in West Africa: report from a large-scale study in Beninese asymptomatic subjects

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 570
• Main Authors: Poirier, Philippe, Doderer-Lang, Cécile, Atchade, Pascal S., Lemoine, Jean-Philippe, de l’Isle, Marie-Louise Coquelin, Abou-bacar, Ahmed, Pfaff, Alexander W., Brunet, Julie, Arnoux, Lydia, Haar, Elodie, Filisetti, Denis, Perrotey, Sylvie, Chabi, Nicodeme W., Akpovi, Casimir D., Anani, Ludovic, Bigot, André, Sanni, Ambaliou, Candolfi, Ermanno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.11.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Analysis; Antibodies; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Asymptomatic Infections - epidemiology; Bacteriology; Benin - epidemiology; Blood Donors; Dosage and administration; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Human health and pathology; Humans; Life Sciences; Local population; Malaria; Malaria, Vivax - epidemiology; Malaria, Vivax - pathology; Male; Microbiology and Parasitology; Microscopy; Parasites; Plasmodium vivax; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Protistology; Risk factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Viral antibodies; Benin; West Africa; Western Africa; Benin; Plasmodium vivax; MSP1; Malaria; Blood donors; CSP1; ELISA

Plasmodium vivax is considered to be absent from western Africa, where the prevalence of Duffy-negative red blood cell phenotype proves to be high. Several studies have, however, detected P. vivax infection cases in this part of Africa, raising the question of what is the actual prevalence of P. viv...