Dynamics of the antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1115-1122

  White, Michael T ^a   Griffin, Jamie T ^a   Akpogheneta, Onome ^b,d   Conway, David J ^b,d   Koram, Kwadwo A ^e   Riley, Eleanor M ^c   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

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

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibody; Immunity; Malaria; Model; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SECRETING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAMBIAN; GHANAIAN; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GHANA; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84912041741     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu219     Document Type: Article

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