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ArticleScientific reports2021

Sensitive detection of Plasmodium vivax malaria by the rotating-crystal magneto-optical method in Thailand.

Ágnes Orbán, Rhea J Longley, Piyarat Sripoorote, Nongnuj Maneechai, Wang Nguitragool, Ádám Butykai, Ivo Mueller, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Stephan Karl, István Kézsmárki

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ágnes OrbánDepartment of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. orbanag@gmail.com.
Rhea J LongleyPopulation Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Piyarat SripooroteMahidol Vivax Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nongnuj ManeechaiMahidol Vivax Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Wang NguitragoolDepartment of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ádám ButykaiDepartment of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.
Ivo MuellerPopulation Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jetsumon SattabongkotMahidol Vivax Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Stephan KarlVector-borne Diseases Unit, PNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Madang Province 511, Papua New Guinea.
István KézsmárkiDepartment of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.
Mahidol University · THBudapest University of Technology and Economics · HUJames Cook University · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

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Abstract

The rotating-crystal magneto-optical detection (RMOD) method has been developed for the rapid and quantitative diagnosis of malaria and tested systematically on various malaria infection models. Very recently, an extended field trial in a high-transmission region of Papua New Guinea demonstrated its great potential for detecting malaria infections, in particular Plasmodium vivax. In the present small-scale field test, carried out in a low-transmission area of Thailand, RMOD confirmed malaria in all samples found to be infected with Plasmodium vivax by microscopy, our reference method. Moreover, the magneto-optical signal for this sample set was typically 1-3 orders of magnitude higher than the cut-off value of RMOD determined on uninfected samples. Based on the serial dilution of the original patient samples, we expect that the method can detect Plasmodium vivax malaria in blood samples with parasite densities as low as [Formula: see text]5-10 parasites per microliter, a limit around the pyrogenic threshold of the infection. In addition, by investigating the correlation between the magnitude of the magneto-optical signal, the parasite density and the erythrocytic stage distribution, we estimate the relative hemozoin production rates of the ring and the trophozoite stages of in vivo Plasmodium vivax infections.

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HumansMagneticsMalaria, VivaxMicroscopyOptical DevicesParasitologyPlasmodium vivaxThailand

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