Low density parasitaemia, red blood cell polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum specific immune responses in a low endemic area in northern Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shekalaghe, Seif ^a,b   Alifrangis, Michael ^c,d   Mwanziva, Charles ^b   Enevold, Anders ^c,d   Mwakalinga, Steve ^c,d   Mkali, Humphrey ^b   Kavishe, Reginald ^b   Manjurano, Alphaxard ^e,f,g   Sauerwein, Robert ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^e,f,g   Bousema, Teun ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^f KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 66949171459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-69     Document Type: Article

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