The role of age and exposure to Plasmodium falciparum in the rate of acquisition of naturally acquired immunity: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Guinovart, Caterina ^a,b,c   Dobaño, Carlota ^a,b,c   Bassat, Quique ^a,b,c   Nhabomba, Augusto ^b   Quintó, Llorenç ^a,b,c   Manaca, Maria Nélia ^b   Aguilar, Ruth ^a,b,c   Rodríguez, Mauricio H ^a,b   Barbosa, Arnoldo ^a,b   Aponte, John J ^a,b,c   Mayor, Alfredo G ^a,b,c   Renom, Montse ^a,b   Moraleda, Cinta ^a,b   Roberts, David J ^d,e   Schwarzer, Evelin ^f   Le Souëf, Peter N ^g   Schofield, Louis ^h   Chitnis, Chetan E ⁱ   Doolan, Denise L ^j   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^j QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE CASE DETECTION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; EARLY EXPOSURE GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERNICTERUS; LATE EXPOSURE GROUP; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOZAMBICAN; NATURALLY ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE CASE DETECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84857864671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032362     Document Type: Article

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