Humoral and Cellular Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 and Protection From Infection With Blood-Stage Parasites
Author(s) -
Ann M. Moormann,
Peter Odada Sumba,
Kiprotich Chelimo,
Hua Fang,
Daniel J. Tisch,
Arlene E. Dent,
Chandy C. John,
Carole A. Long,
John Vulule,
James W. Kazura
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit134
Subject(s) - parasitemia , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , biology , antibody , malaria , elispot , immunity , immunoglobulin g , humoral immunity , immune system , virology , t cell
Acquired immunity to malaria develops with increasing age and repeated infections. Understanding immune correlates of protection from malaria would facilitate vaccine development and identification of biomarkers that reflect changes in susceptibility resulting from ongoing malaria control efforts.
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