Variant-specific immunity to Plasmodium berghei in pregnant mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1827-1834

  Megnekou, Rosette ^a,b,c   Hviid, Lars ^a,b   Staalsoe, Trine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SULFADIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 65449144023     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01321-08     Document Type: Article

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