作者在1976年的2、 5、 8和11月,在冈比亚对329例孕妇和404例小于6个月的婴儿采血检查恶性疟原虫,其血清和52份脐血均采用免疫荧光法测定恶性疟的特异抗体。又在1977年疟疾流行季节的8、 9和10月上半月,对妊娠和非妊娠妇女各1,000例检查了血片,各300例进行血清抗体检查。恶性疟的特异抗体测定是用恶性疟裂殖体为抗原。同时在当地检查了按蚊体内的子孢子。 In February, May, August and November 1976, 329 pregnant women and 404 infants younger than 6 months were tested for blood Plasmodium falciparum in the Gambia. Serum and 52 cord blood samples were tested for immunofluorescence against Plasmodium falciparum Of specific antibodies. In addition, during the malaria epidemic season in 1977,8,9 and the first half of October, 1,000 blood samples were taken from pregnant and non-pregnant women, and 300 serum samples were obtained from each of the 300 patients. Specific antibodies to falciparum malaria are determined using the S. falciparum schistosome as antigen. At the same time in the local inspection of anopheles sporozoites.