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Human saliva as a source of anti-malarial antibodies to examine population exposure to Plasmodium falciparum

BACKGROUND: Antibody responses to malaria antigens reflect exposure to parasites, and seroprevalence correlates with malaria transmission intensity. Antibodies are routinely measured in sera or on dried blood spots but a non-invasive method would provide extra utility in sampling general populations...

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Autores principales: Estévez, Patricia Tabernero, Satoguina, Judith, Nwakanma, Davis C, West, Sheila, Conway, David J, Drakeley, Chris J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21527045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-104