Genetic analysis of IgG subclass responses against RESA and MSP2 of Plasmodium falciparum in adults in Papua New Guinea

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Stirnadel, H A ^a   Beck, H P ^a,b   Alpers, M P ^b   Smith, T A ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033980528     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003325     Document Type: Article

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