What is the role of autoantibodies in post-artesunate delayed hemolysis?

Sakarn Charoensakulchai^{1

2}, Sawettachai Jaita¹, Wasin Matsee^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Thai Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
² Department of Parasitology, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Travel Medicine Research Unit, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

Comment

Sakarn Charoensakulchai et al. J Travel Med. 2023.

. 2023 May 18;30(3):taad021.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad021.

Sakarn Charoensakulchai^{1

2}, Sawettachai Jaita¹, Wasin Matsee^{1

3}

¹ Thai Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
² Department of Parasitology, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Travel Medicine Research Unit, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

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Keywords: artesunate; autoantibody; autoimmune hemolytic anaemia; corticosteroid; malaria; post-artesunate delayed hemolysis.

Comment in

Presence of anti-RBC antibodies correlates with parasitaemia and once-infected RBCs but not the extent of post-malaria haemolysis.
Tober-Lau P, Kneller AK, Lingscheid T, Mayer B, Zoller T, Kurth F. Tober-Lau P, et al. J Travel Med. 2024 Dec 10;31(8):taae045. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae045. J Travel Med. 2024. PMID: 38470296

Post-treatment haemolysis is common following oral artemisinin combination therapy of uncomplicated malaria in travellers.
Kurth F, Tober-Lau P, Lingscheid T, Bardtke L, Kim J, Angheben A, Gobbi FG, Mbavu L, Stegemann MS, Heim KM, Pfäfflin F, Menner N, Schürmann M, Mikolajewska A, Witzenrath M, Sander LE, Mayer B, Zoller T. Kurth F, et al. J Travel Med. 2023 May 18;30(3):taad001. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad001. J Travel Med. 2023. PMID: 36611010 Free PMC article.