A model of parity-dependent immunity to placental malaria

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Walker, Patrick G T ^a   Griffin, Jamie T ^a   Cairns, Matt ^b   Rogerson, Stephen J ^c   Van Eijk, Anna M ^d,e   Ter Kuile, Feiko ^d,e   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHILDBEARING; DISEASE CONTROL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; INFECTIVITY; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL BLOOD; PARITY; PLACENTA MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84875886878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2605     Document Type: Article

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