Antibody to P. falciparum in Pregnancy Varies with Intermittent Preventive Treatment Regime and Bed Net Use

Elizabeth H Aitken; Bernard Mbewe; Mari Luntamo; Teija Kulmala; James G Beeson; Per Ashorn; Stephen J Rogerson

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Antibody to P. falciparum in Pregnancy Varies with Intermittent Preventive Treatment Regime and Bed Net Use

Elizabeth H Aitken, Bernard Mbewe, Mari Luntamo, Teija Kulmala, James G Beeson, Per Ashorn, Stephen J Rogerson

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029874

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Stephen Rogerson Author Infectious Diseases

Elizabeth Aitken Author Infectious Diseases

James Beeson Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Lungwena Antenatal Intervention Study was funded by a research grant from the Academy of Finland (grant 79 787) and the Immunity Study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council project grant to SJR and JGB. JGB was supported by a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.