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Transmission-dependent tolerance to multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2009
Färnert Anna, Williams Thomas N, Mwangi Tabitha W, Ehlin Anna, Fegan Greg, Macharia Alex, Lowe Brett S, Montgomery Scott M, Marsh Kevin
Abstract excerpt
Whether the number of concurrent clones in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections reflects the degree of host protection was investigated in children living in areas with different levels of transmission on the coast of Kenya. The number of concurrent clones was determined on the basis of polymorphism in msp2, which encodes the vaccine candidate antigen merozoite surface protein 2. In a low-transmission...
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