New insights into acquisition, boosting, and longevity of immunity to malaria in pregnant women.

BACKGROUND: How antimalarial antibodies are acquired and maintained during pregnancy and boosted after reinfection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax is unknown. METHODS: A nested case-control study of 467 pregnant women (136 Plasmodium-infected cases and 331 uninfected control subject...

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Main Authors: Fowkes, F, Mcgready, R, Cross, N, Hommel, M, Simpson, J, Elliott, SR, Richards, J, Lackovic, K, Viladpai-Nguen, J, Narum, D, Tsuboi, T, Anders, R, Nosten, F, Beeson, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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