Immune response to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in Cameroonian primigravidae: Evolution after delivery and during second pregnancy

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 462-467

  Fievet, N ^a,b   Cot, M ^b,c   Ringwald, P ^b   Bickii, J ^b   Dubois, B ^a   Le Hesran, J Y ^b   Migot, F ^a,d   Deloron, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

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

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

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Immunity; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031041035     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.d01-966.x     Document Type: Article

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