Prenatal exposure to Plasmodium falciparum increases frequency and shortens time from birth to first clinical malaria episodes during the first two years of life: prospective birth cohort study

BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to Plasmodium falciparum affects development of protective immunity and susceptibility to subsequent natural challenges with similar parasite antigens. However, the nature of these effects has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine the effect...

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Autores principales: Sylvester, Boniphace, Gasarasi, Dinah B., Aboud, Said, Tarimo, Donath, Massawe, Siriel, Mpembeni, Rose, Swedberg, Gote
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27448394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1417-0

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