The relationship between anti-merozoite antibodies and incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fowkes, Freya J I ^a   Richards, Jack S ^a,b   Simpson, Julie A ^b   Beeson, James G ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMATE RICH PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; DRUG DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DRUG DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 75749098881     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000218     Document Type: Article

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