Seasonal variation of anti-resa/Pf155 Plasmodium falciparum antibodies in three localities from the state of Amapá, Brazil Variação sazonal de anticorpos anti-RESA/Pf155 de Plasmodium falciparum em três localidades do Estado do Amapá, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Rosely S. Malafronte, Jorge Luis Valdívia, Clóvis R. Nakaie, Judith K. Kloetzel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: RESA/Pf155; P. falciparum; Seasonal variation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Alta; Arctic; Paraíso
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000300008; https://doaj.org/article/c9ef41e3b363460a94666113e7fd468b

Anti-RESA/Pf155 antibodies were assayed in sera of individuals from three localities (Laranjal do Jari, Vila Padaria and Vila Paraíso) in the State of Amapá, Brazil, during the long-rains and short-rains seasons. All of these had negative blood smears for malaria. Most of the sera collected were pos...