Low prevalence of antibodies to preerythrocytic but not blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum antigens in an area of unstable malaria transmission compared to prevalence in an area of stable malaria transmission

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5721-5728

  Noland, Gregory S ^a   Hendel Paterson, Brett ^a   Min, Xinan M ^a   Moormann, Ann M ^b   Vulule, John M ^c   Narum, David L ^d   Lanar, David E ^e   Kazura, James W ^b   John, Chandy C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Walter Reed Army Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 175; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIVER STAGE ANTIGEN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 57349096020     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00591-08     Document Type: Article

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