Antibody responses to a C-terminal fragment of the Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigen Pf332 in Senegalese individuals naturally primed to the parasite

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Israelsson, E ^a,g   Balogun, H ^a   Vasconcelos, N M ^a   Beser, J ^a,b   Roussilhon, C ^c,f   Rogier, C ^d   Trape, J F ^e   Berzins, K ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^e Dept des Cultures Annuelles   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; Antigen epitopes; Immunoglobulins; Plasmodium spp.

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 40449120657     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03607.x     Document Type: Article

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