Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections may not be shortened by acquired immunity

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bretscher, Michael T ^a,b   Maire, Nicolas ^a,b   Felger, Ingrid ^a,b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Smith, Tom ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Kintampo Health Research Center   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Detectability; Duration of infection; Immigration death model; Immunity; Malaria; Mathematical model; Merozoite surface protein 2; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FIELD STUDY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GHANA; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938509001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0813-1     Document Type: Article

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