Isotypic analysis of maternally transmitted Plasmodium falciparum- specific antibodies in cameroon, and relationship with risk of P. falciparum infection

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-218

  Deloron, P ^a   Dubois, B ^a   Hesran, J Y L E ^a,b,d   Riche, D ^a   Fievet, N ^b   Cornet, M ^a,c   Ringwald, P ^b   Cot, M ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Antibody; Isotype; Malaria; Placenta; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CELL PROTECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030831016     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.tb08319.x     Document Type: Article

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