Immunological Testing Reveals Exposure to Malaria in the Hypoendemic Region of Iran
Table 1
Overall results of Pan Malaria antibody and pLDH antigen ELISA assays performed on blood samples obtained from 1955 participants in Bushehr, Iran.
Area1
Number tested2
Antibody positive
pLDH antigen positive
Assaloyeh Center
221 (11.30%)
37 (16.74%)
2 (0.90%)
Chah Mobarak Center
187 (9.56%)
39 (20.85%)
1 (0.53%)
Bandare Taheri Center
204 (10.43%)
15 (7.35%)
1 (0.49%)
Nakhle Taghi Center
105 (5.37%)
17 (16.19%)
1 (0.95%)
Ghods Center
366 (18.72%)
65 (17.76%)
1 (0.27%)
17 Shahrivar Center
152 (7.77%)
12 (7.90%)
0.0 (0.0%)
Banak Center
112 (5.72%)
17 (15.18%)
0.0 (0.0%)
PSEEZ-Center1
187 (9.56%)
31 (16.58%)
0.0 (0.0%)
PSEEZ-Center2
331 (16.93%)
24 (7.25%)
0.0 (0.0%)
PSEEZ-Center3
90 (4.60%)
13 (14.44%)
0.0 (0.0%)
Total
1955 (100%)
270 (13.81%)
6 (0.30%)
Statistical analyses revealed no significant differences in antibody positivity between different centers (-Test NS) and Pearson coefficient (0.723 NS).
2Microscopy indicated no positive results in the samples tested from 10 centres and also no sample was found to be positive for P. falciparum specific antigens.
