Parity and placental infection affect antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1654-1659

  Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b,c   Rovira Vallbona, Eduard ^a,c   Machevo, Sonia ^b   Bassat, Quique ^a,b,c   Aguilar, Ruth ^a,b   Quintó, Llorenç ^a,c   Jiménez, Alfons ^a   Sigauque, Betuel ^a,b   Dobanõ, Carlota ^a,b,c   Kumar, Sanjeev ^d   Singh, Bijender ^d   Gupta, Puneet ^d   Chauhan, Virander S ^d   Chitnis, Chetan E ^d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b,c   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEROZOITE; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953321024     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01000-10     Document Type: Article

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