Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax apical membrane antigen 1: Persistence and correlation with malaria transmission intensity

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 582-587

  Morais, Cristiane G ^a   Soares, Irene S ^b   Carvalho, Luzia H ^c   Fontes, Cor J F ^d   Krettli, Antoniana U ^c   Braga, Érika M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750617389     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.582     Document Type: Article

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