Serology describes a profile of declining malaria transmission in Farafenni, the Gambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Den Hoogen, Lotus L ^a   Griffin, Jamie T ^b   Cook, Jackie ^a   Sepúlveda, Nuno ^a,c   Corran, Patrick ^a   Conway, David J ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Affara, Muna ^d   Allen, Stephen J ^e   Proietti, Carla ^f   Ceesay, Serign J ^d   Targett, Geoffrey A ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,d   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d Medical Research Council Unit   (Gambia)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; MSP 119; Plasmodium falciparum; Serology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944754175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0939-1     Document Type: Article

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