Lack of association between levels of transplacentally acquired Plasmodium falciparum-specific antibodies and age of onset of clinical malaria in infants in a malaria endemic area of Nigeria

Acta Tropica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-326

  Achidi, Eric A ^a   Salimonu, Lekan S ^a   Perlmann, Hedvig ^b   Perlmann, Peter ^b   Berzins, Klavs ^b   Williams, Akintude I O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anti malarial antibodies; clinical malaria; cord blood; haemoglobin; malaria; maternal antibodies; Plasmodium falciparum; sickle haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; ONSET AGE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030221010     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(96)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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