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SUBMITTER: Krumkamp R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7712777 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krumkamp Ralf R Struck Nicole Sunaina NS Lorenz Eva E Zimmermann Marlow M Boahen Kennedy Gyau KG Sarpong Nimako N Owusu-Dabo Ellis E Pak Gi Deok GD Jeon Hyon Jin HJ Marks Florian F Jacobs Thomas T May Jürgen J Eibach Daniel D
Scientific reports 20201203 1
A better understanding of disease-specific biomarker profiles during acute infections could guide the development of innovative diagnostic methods to differentiate between malaria and alternative causes of fever. We investigated autoantibody (AAb) profiles in febrile children (≤ 5 years) admitted to a hospital in rural Ghana. Serum samples from 30 children with a bacterial bloodstream infection and 35 children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria were analyzed using protein microarrays (Protoplex ...[more]