Lack of Avidity Maturation of Merozoite Antigen-Specific Antibodies with Increasing Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum amongst Children and Adults Exposed to Endemic Malaria in Kenya

BACKGROUND: Although antibodies are critical for immunity to malaria, their functional attributes that determine protection remain unclear. We tested for associations between antibody avidities to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) antigens and age, asymptomatic parasitaemia, malaria exposure index (a dista...

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Autores principales: Ibison, Frances, Olotu, Ally, Muema, Daniel M., Mwacharo, Jedida, Ohuma, Eric, Kimani, Domtila, Marsh, Kevin, Bejon, Philip, Ndungu, Francis M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052939