Cerebral malaria is associated with IgG2 and IgG4 antibody responses to recombinant Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN antigen

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1269-1276

  Schreiber, Nadine ^a   Brattig, Norbert ^a   Evans, Jennifer ^b   Tsiri Agbenyega, ^c,d   Horstmann, Rolf D ^a   May, Jürgen ^a   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibody isotypes; Cerebral malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; RIFINs

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPETITIVE INTERSPERSED FAMILY PROTEIN 29; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL LYSATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33744787339     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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