Immunoglobulin G isotype responses to erythrocyte surface-expressed variant antigens of Plasmodium falciparum predict protection from malaria in African children

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2281-2287

  Yone, Clarisse L R P ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b   Luty, Adrian J F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GABON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 16244411281     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2281-2287.2005     Document Type: Article

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