Hierarchical, domain type-specific acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 in Tanzanian children

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4653-4659

  Cham, Gerald K K ^a,b   Turner, Louise ^a,b   Kurtis, Jonathan D ^c   Mutabingwa, Theonest ^d   Fried, Michal ^e   Jensen, Anja T R ^a,b   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a,b   Hviid, Lars ^a,b   Duffy, Patrick E ^e   Theander, Thor G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049422784     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00593-10     Document Type: Article

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