@article{fdi:010077937,
  title = {{E}xposure to {E}bola virus and risk for infection with malaria parasites, rural {G}abon},
  author = {{A}bbate, {J}. {L}. and {B}ecquart, {P}ierre and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {E}zenwa, {V}. {O}. and {R}oche, {B}enjamin},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}n association between malaria and risk for death among patients with {E}bola virus disease has suggested within-host interactions between {P}lasmodium falciparum parasites and {E}bola virus. {T}o determine whether such an interaction might also influence the probability of acquiring either infection, we used a large snapshot surveillance study from rural {G}abon to test if past exposure to {E}bola virus is associated with current infection with {P}lasmodium spp. during nonepidemic conditions. {W}e found a strong positive association, on population and individual levels, between seropositivity for antibodies against {E}bola virus and the presence of {P}lasmodium parasites in the blood. {A}ccording to a multiple regression model accounting for other key variables, antibodies against {E}bola virus emerged as the strongest individual-level risk factor for acquiring malaria. {O}ur results suggest that within-host interactions between malaria parasites and {E}bola virus may underlie epidemiologic associations.},
  keywords = {{GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}merging {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {26},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {229--237},
  ISSN = {1080-6040},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.3201/eid2602.181120},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077937},
}