Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum Infection and HIV-1 Viral Load
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Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2007 351 nationally agreed upon. This case illustrates another potential pitfall in melioidosis serodiagnosis. Most isolates express a conserved LPS antigen, which allows use of a single reference strain for determination of anti-LPS antibodies (8). However, because some strains express different LPS antigens, serologic tests must be performed with the patient’s own strain. This case illustrates potential pitfalls in diagnosing melioidosis, which requires clinical and laboratory awareness and knowledge of its geographic distribution. LPS-based serologic assays should use a range of isolates representative of known LPS types.
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