Anti-nuclear Ab (ANA)

Molecular group: 
Ig against self protein Ag
Molecule/Cell: 
Anti-nuclear Ab (ANA)
Plasmodium strain: 
Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale
Organ: 
Serum
Population: 
Britain, Ghana
Transmission: 
/, Stable
Adult/Pediatric: 
N.I.
Patient number: 
301
Additional differences: 
Incidence in Ghanians: UM = HC = nephritic syndrome and tropical splenomegaly syndrome > HC; incidence in Caucasians: UM > HC
Refs: 
Adu et al., 1982, Clin Exp Immunol