Article
[Resistance to P. falciparum malaria in tropical Africa: congenital and genetic factors. General review (author's transl)].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 2000
Charmot G
Abstract excerpt
During the first months of life, maternal antibodies and foetal haemoglobine reduce the parasitical multiplication and allow the development of an effective immunological defense. In addition, the foetal defense structures receive a useful information from the malarial antigens passing in through the placenta. Genetic erythrocytic factors also, operate in some individuals, who, as a rule, are homozygotic. Various...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Africa
- Animals
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Fetal Hemoglobin
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- Hemoglobin A
- Hemoglobin C
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn