Rapid acquisition of isolate-specific antibodies to chondroitin sulfate A-adherent Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Ghanaian primigravidae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2841-2847

  Cox, Sharon E ^a   Staalsoe, Trine ^b   Arthur, Paul ^a,c   Bulmer, Judith N ^d   Hviid, Lars ^b   Yeboah Antwi, Kojo ^c,e,f   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; RETINOL;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644399154     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.2841-2847.2005     Document Type: Article

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