Antibodies to the N-terminal block 2 of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 are associated with protection against clinical malaria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6492-6502

  Cavanagh, David R ^a   Dodoo, Daniel ^c   Hviid, Lars ^d   Kurtzhals, Jørgen A L ^d   Theander, Thor G ^d   Akanmori, Bartholomew D ^c   Polley, Spencer ^b   Conway, David J ^b   Koram, Kojo ^c   McBride, Jana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE; MONITOR; MSP1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7044227848     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6492-6502.2004     Document Type: Article

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