Evaluation of the antigenic diversity of placenta-binding plasmodium falciparum variants and the antibody repertoire among pregnant women

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1963-1978

  Hommel, Mirja ^a   Elliott, Salenna R ^a   Soma, Viju ^b   Kelly, Greg ^c   Fowkes, Freya J I ^a   Chesson, Joanne M ^a   Duffy, Michael F ^c   Bockhorst, Joseph ^d   Avril, Marion ^b   Mueller, Ivo ^e   Raiko, Andrew ^a,e   Stanisic, Danielle I ^c   Rogerson, Stephen J ^c   Smith, Joseph D ^b   Beeson, James G ^a  

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

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951234102     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01365-09     Document Type: Article

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