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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 38(1), 1988, pp. 7-14
Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Glomerulopathy in Squirrel Monkeys with Acute Plasmodium Falciparum Infection

Masamichi Aikawa*, Gretta Jacobs*, Herbert E. Whiteley{dagger}, Ikuo Igarashi* AND Miodrag Ristic{dagger}
* Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
{dagger} Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801

The renal pathology of 9 squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) with acute Plasmodium falciparum infection was studied by light and electron microscopy. Endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis was the major pathological change observed. The peroxidase anti-peroxidase method demonstrated the presence of IgG, IgM, and P. falciparum antigens in the mesangium and basement membrane. These findings were consistent with those seen in humans with acute P. falciparum infection and indicates that squirrel monkeys are likely to be a good model for the study of renal pathology in malaria research.

Accepted for publication July 24, 1987.






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