Antibody to P. falciparum in pregnancy varies with intermittent preventive treatment regime and bed net use

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Aitken, Elizabeth H ^a   Mbewe, Bernard ^b   Luntamo, Mari ^c   Kulmala, Teija ^c   Beeson, James G ^d   Ashorn, Per ^c,e   Rogerson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL LINE; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO NETS; PARASITEMIA; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856383819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029874     Document Type: Article

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