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Quantification of anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity to malaria as a function of age and exposure.
eLife - 25 Jul 2018
Rodriguez-Barraquer Isabel, Arinaitwe Emmanuel, Jagannathan Prasanna, Kamya Moses R, Rosenthal Phillip J, Rek John, Dorsey Grant, Nankabirwa Joaniter, Staedke Sarah G, Kilama Maxwell, Drakeley Chris, Ssewanyana Isaac, Smith David L, Greenhouse Bryan
Abstract excerpt
Fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of how immunity to malaria develops. We used detailed clinical and entomological data from parallel cohort studies conducted across the malaria transmission spectrum in Uganda to quantify the development of immunity against symptomatic P. falciparum as a function of age and transmission intensity. We focus on: anti-parasite immunity (i.e. ability to control parasite...
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