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Letter

Misdiagnosis of imported falciparum malaria from African areas due to an increased prevalence of pfhrp2/pfhrp3 gene deletion: the Djibouti case

Xavier Iriarta Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;b Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Toulouse III, UPS, Toulouse, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sandie Menardb Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Toulouse III, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Pamela Chauvinb Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Toulouse III, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Hasna S. Mohamedc Laboratoire de l’Hôpital Général Peltier, Djibouti, République de Djibouti
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Elena Charpentiera Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;b Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Toulouse III, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Mohamed A. Mohamedc Laboratoire de l’Hôpital Général Peltier, Djibouti, République de Djibouti
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Antoine Berrya Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;b Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Toulouse III, UPS, Toulouse, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohamed H. Aboubakerd Laboratoire d’analyse médicale Mer Rouge, Djibouti, République de Djibouti
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Pages 1984-1987 | Received 26 May 2020, Accepted 23 Aug 2020, Published online: 17 Sep 2020

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Figure 1. Flow chart of samples throughout the study. *Probable infection with falciparum pfhrp2/pfhrp3 (-) strain with residual circulating HRP2 antigen from an old falciparum pfhrp2/pfhrp3 (+) infection.

Figure 1. Flow chart of samples throughout the study. *Probable infection with falciparum pfhrp2/pfhrp3 (-) strain with residual circulating HRP2 antigen from an old falciparum pfhrp2/pfhrp3 (+) infection.

Table 1. Characteristics of Plasmodium-infected patients.

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