Serological evidence of discrete spatial clusters of plasmodium falciparum parasites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bejon, Philip ^a,b   Turner, Louise ^c   Lavstsen, Thomas ^c   Cham, Gerald ^c   Olotu, Ally ^a   Drakeley, Chris J ^d   Lievens, Marc ^e   Vekemans, Johan ^e   Savarese, Barbara ^f   Lusingu, John ^c,g   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^h   Bull, Peter C ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b   Theander, Thor G ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

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

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^f Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^h MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MALARIA VACCINE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AGE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959661952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021711     Document Type: Article

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