Molecular group:
Ig against parasite protein Ag
Molecule/Cell:
IgG against VSA
Plasmodium strain:
Plasmodium falciparum
Organ:
Plasma
Population:
Gabon
Transmission:
Unstable
Adult/Pediatric:
Pediatric
SM/NCSM vs UM:
<
Patient number:
200
Additional differences:
Anti-VSA-IgG levels/person: ↑ from the acute to the healthy phase; + correlation with delay to first reinfection; + correlation between healthy phase anti-VSA-IgG and protection from malaria (UM); - correlation with malaria attack rate; - correlation with age (convalescent phase); - correlation between malaria attack rates and recognition of heterologous isolates
Refs:
Tebo et al., 2002, Am J Trop Med Hyg
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