Pregnancy-associated malaria and the prospects for syndrome-specific antimalaria vaccines

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1093-1097

  Smith, Joseph D ^a,b   Deitsch, Kirk W ^c  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

DRUG SPECIFICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 8644256896     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041974     Document Type: Review

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