Association between anti-Pfs48/45 reactivity and P. falciparum transmission-blocking activity in sera from Cameroon

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Roeffen, W ^a   Mulder, B ^a,b   Teelen, K ^a   Bolmer, M ^a   Eling, W ^a   Targett, G A T ^c   Beckers, P J A ^a   Sauerwein, R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition ELISAs; Natural antibodies; P. falciparum; Pfs48 45; Transmission blockade

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029942807     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-54.x     Document Type: Article

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