Gradual acquisition of immunity to severe malaria with increasing exposure

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1801, 2015, Pages

  Griffin, Jamie T ^a   Deirdre Hollingsworth T ^b,c,d   Reyburn, Hugh ^e   Drakeley, Chris J ^e   Riley, Eleanor M ^e   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Immunity; Malaria; Mathematical model; Plasmodium falciparum; Severe

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE INFESTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922511087     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2657     Document Type: Article

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