Plasmodium falciparum antigenic variation: Relationships between in vivo selection, acquired antibody response, and disease severity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1119-1126

  Bull, Peter C ^a,b,e   Pain, Arnab ^a,c   Ndungu, Francis M ^b,d   Kinyanjui, Samson M ^b,d   Roberts, David J ^a   Newbold, Christopher J ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Collaborative Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CD36 GENE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; ICAM1 GENE; IN VIVO SELECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, CD36; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 24644449092     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432761     Document Type: Article

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