Immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositols are short-lived and predominantly of the IgG3 subclass

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 862-865

  Boutlis, Craig S ^a,b,c   Fagan, Peter K ^a,c   Gowda, D Channe ^d   Lagog, Moses ^e   Mgone, Charles S ^e   Bockarie, Moses J ^e   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

EID: 0037333739     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367897     Document Type: Article

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