Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Rifin Proteins Are Associated with Rapid Parasite Clearance and Asymptomatic Infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6229-6233

  Abdel Latif, Mohamed S ^c   Dietz, Klaus ^c   Issifou, Saadou ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^a   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RIFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FOLLOW UP; GABON; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REINFECTION; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0242318279     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6229-6233.2003     Document Type: Article

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