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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Schwarz NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5433683 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20170516 5
It was previously reported that a malaria infection may interfere with the specificity of a commercial ELISA test against Zika virus (ZIKV). We analyzed 1,216 plasma samples from healthy, pregnant women collected in two sites in Madagascar in 2010 for ZIKV antibodies using a commercial ELISA and for Plasmodium infection by PCR. This screen revealed six putative ZIKV-positive samples by ELISA. These results could not be confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence assays or virus neutralization tests ...[more]