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Effects of Pregnancy and Intensity of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission on Immunoglobulin G Subclass Responses to Variant Surface Antigens
22 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
Placenta-sequestering Plasmodium falciparum involved in the pathogenesis of pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) in otherwise clinically immune women expresses particular variant surface antigens (VSA(PAM)) on the surface of infected erythrocytes that differ from VSA found in parasitized nonpregnant individuals (non-PAM type VSA). We studied levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG subclasses with specificity for...
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