Naturally acquired immunity to sexual stage P. Falciparum parasites

Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-198

  Stone, Will J R ^a   Dantzler, Kathleen W ^b   Nilsson, Sandra K ^b   Drakeley, Chris J ^c   Marti, Matthias ^b   Bousema, Teun ^a   Rijpma, Sanna R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

gametes; gametocytes; immunity; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; transmission

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84958111780     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015001341     Document Type: Review

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