Circulating immune complex levels are associated with disease severity and seasonality in children with malaria from Mali

Biomarker Insights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-86

  Thomas, Bolaji N ^a   Diallo, Dapa A ^b   Noumsi, Ghislain T ^c   Moulds, Joann M ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c LifeShare Blood Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement receptor; Immune complex; Malaria

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MALIA;

EID: 84863898411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11772719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BMI.S9624     Document Type: Article

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