High Antibody Responses against Plasmodium falciparum in Immigrants after Extended Periods of Interrupted Exposure to Malaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Moncunill, Gemma ^a   Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b   Jiménez, Alfons ^a   Nhabomba, Augusto ^b   Casas Vila, Núria ^a   Puyol, Laura ^a   Campo, Joseph J ^a   Manaca, Maria Nelia ^b   Aguilar, Ruth ^a,b   Pinazo, María Jesús ^a   Almirall, Mercè ^c   Soler, Cristina ^d   Muñoz, José ^a   Bardají, Azucena ^a   Angov, Evelina ^e   Dutta, Sheetij ^e   Chitnis, Chetan E ^f   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b   Gascón, Joaquim ^a   Dobaño, Carlota ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REINFECTION; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84881501857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073624     Document Type: Article

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