Journal article
Antibody responses to infections with strains of Plasmodium falciparum expressing diverse forms of merozoite surface protein 2
S Weisman, LN Wang, H Billman-Jacobe, DH Nhan, TL Richie, RL Coppel
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2001
Abstract
Individuals living in areas where Plasmodium falciparum is endemic experience numerous episodes of infection. These episodes may or may not be symptomatic, with the outcome depending on a combination of parasite and host factors, several of which are poorly understood. One factor is believed to be the particular alleles of several parasite proteins to which the host is capable of mounting protective immune responses. We report a study examining antibody responses to MSP2 in 15 semi-immune teenagers and adults living in the Khanh-Hoa area of southern-central Vietnam, where P. falciparum is highly endemic; subjects were serially infected with multiple strains of P. falciparum. The MSP2 alleles..
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