Placental malaria is associated with attenuated CD4 T-cell responses to tuberculin PPD 12 months after BCG vaccination

Placental malaria is associated with attenuated CD4 T-cell responses to tuberculin PPD 12 months after BCG vaccination

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Placental malaria (PM) is associated with prenatal malaise, but many PM+ infants are born without symptoms. As malaria has powerful immunomodulatory effects, we tested the hypothesis that PM predicts reduced T-cell responses to vacci...

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Main Authors: Walther Brigitte, Miles David JC, Waight Pauline, Palmero Melba S, Ojuola Olubukola, Touray Ebrima S, Whittle Hilton, van der Sande Marianne, Crozier Sarah, Flanagan Katie L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/6

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