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The Wassermann Test in Patients affected with Malaria in the Tropics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

F. H. Hehewerth  and
W. A. Kop
F. H. Hehewerth
Affiliation:
Central Military Medical Laboratory, Java.
W. A. Kop
Affiliation:
Central Military Medical Laboratory, Java.
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With regard to the influence of malarial infection on the Wassermann test some controversy prevails:

Wassermann and Lange (1913) refer to Meyer and Bonfiglio who, working in Italy, obtained a positive reaction in 80 per cent. of the cases where the blood contained parasites; in some of their cases positive reactions were obtainable for several months after the disappearance of fever and parasites. For this reason Wassermann and Lange advise to put every case, coming from a malaria-infected country and showing a positive reaction, under quinine treatment and to repeat the test after a lapse of six weeks.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , January 1921 , pp. 277 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

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