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Antibody recognition of heterologous variant surface antigens after a single Plasmodium falciparum infection in previously naive adults.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2007
Elliott Salenna R, Payne Paul D, Duffy Michael F, Byrne Timothy J, Tham Wai-Hong, Rogerson Stephen J, Brown Graham V, Eisen Damon P
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies to variant surface antigens (VSA) including Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) have been associated with protective antimalarial immunity that appears to be variant-specific. This study of adult returned travelers with a single acute P. falciparum infection i...
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