Cellular immunity to merozoite surface protein 2 (FC27 and 3D7) in Papua New Guinean children. Temporal variation and relation to clinical and parasitological status

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Al Yaman, F ^a,c   Genton, B ^a   Taraika, J ^a   Anders, R ^b   Alpers, M P ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cellular immunity; IFN ; IL 4; malaria; MSP2; Plasmodium falciparum; proliferation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MORBIDITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030964210     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-198.x     Document Type: Article

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