Differences in human antibody reactivity to Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens are dependent on age and malaria transmission intensity in Northeastern Tanzania

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2706-2714

  Vestergaard, Lasse S ^a   Lusingu, John P ^a,b   Nielsen, Morten A ^a   Mmbando, Bruno P ^b   Dodoo, Daniel ^c   Akanmori, Bartholomew D ^c   Alifrangis, Michael ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^b   Staalsoe, Trine ^a   Hviid, Lars ^a   Theander, Thor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD36 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GHANA; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD36; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

EID: 46249103013     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01401-06     Document Type: Article

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