Serum C-reactive protein levels and falciparum malaria.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Year 1984
A microplate ELISA was developed to measure C-reactive protein (CRP) and it was used to establish the relationship between CRP levels and malaria. Highest serum CRP levels were found in African patients with high Plasmodium falciparum parastaemia. However, even African children with lower parasitaemia had higher CRP levels than others without parasitaemia. All African groups studied had CRP levels above those of a control UK group.
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