Seroconversion to circumsporozoite antigen of Plasmodium falciparum demonstrates a high risk of malaria transmission in travelers to East Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 641-642

  Nothdurft, Hans Dieter ^a   Jelinek, Tomas ^a   Blüml, Andreas ^a   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^a   Löscher, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SPOROZOITE;

EID: 0033049502     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515155     Document Type: Article

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