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 subjects)...

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