False-positive rapid plasma reagin testing in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A case control study

Ryan C. Maves; Katherine Dean; Nilda Gadea; Eric S. Halsey; Paul C.F. Graf; Andres G. Lescano

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.010

False-positive rapid plasma reagin testing in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A case control study

Ryan C. Maves
, Katherine Dean
, Nilda Gadea
, Eric S. Halsey
, Paul C.F. Graf
, Andres G. Lescano

NAMRID-Unit 3800
US Naval Medical Center San Diego

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Abstract

Non-treponemal tests such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) assay are mainstays of syphilis diagnosis, but false-positive tests are common. We identified false-positive RPR titers in 8.2% of patients with malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in northern Peru. Similar rates were not detected in patients with other acute febrile illnesses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	268-273
Number of pages	6
Journal	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.010
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Diagnostic test
Syphilis
Vivax malaria

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False-positive rapid plasma reagin testing in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A case control study

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