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Differential Patterns of Human Immunoglobulin G Subclass Responses to Distinct Regions of a Single Protein, the Merozoite Surface Protein 1 ofPlasmodium falciparum
1 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
Comparisons of immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass responses to the major polymorphic region and to a conserved region of MSP-1 in three cohorts of African villagers exposed to Plasmodium falciparum revealed that responses to Block 2 are predominantly IgG3 whereas antibodies to MSP-1(19) are mainly IgG1. The striking dominance of IgG3 to Block 2 may explain the short duration of this response and also the requirement...
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