Determinants of variant surface antigen antibody response in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of low and unstable malaria transmission

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-240

  A Elgadir, T M E ^a,b   Theander, T G ^c   ElGhazali, G ^a,b   Nielsen, M A ^c   A Elbasit, I E ^a,b   Adam, I ^a,b   Troye Blomberg, M ^d   Elbashir, M I ^a,b   Giha, H A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33644830763     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01732.x     Document Type: Article

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