Avidity of anti-circumsporozoite antibodies following vaccination with RTS,S/AS01E in young children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Olotu, Ally ^a,d   Clement, Frederic ^b   Jongert, Erik ^c   Vekemans, Johan ^c   Njuguna, Patricia ^a   Ndungu, Francis M ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a   Leroux Roels, Geert ^b   Bejon, Philip ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GSK   (Belgium)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE ANTIBODY; MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RTS,S-AS01E VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AVIDITY INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; KENYA; MALARIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK;

EID: 84918837600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115126     Document Type: Article

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