Host erythrocyte polymorphisms and exposure to Plasmodium falciparum in Papua New Guinea

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fowkes, Freya J I ^a,b   Michon, Pascal ^a,c   Pilling, Lynn ^a   Ripley, Ruth M ^d   Tavul, Livingstone ^c   Imrie, Heather J ^a   Woods, Caira M ^b   Mgone, Charles S ^e,h   Luty, Adrian J F ^f,g   Day, Karen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e African Malaria Network Trust   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h European Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT;

EID: 38949180295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-1     Document Type: Article

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