Article
Plasmodium falciparum: malaria morbidity is associated with specific merozoite surface antigen 2 genotypes.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Aug 1995
Engelbrecht F, Felger I, Genton B, Alpers M, Beck H P
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen 2 (MSA2) is considered a vaccine candidate in a subunit vaccine against blood stage malaria. In order to test if a specific genotype of the highly polymorphic MSA2 is associated with disease, we conducted a case-control study in a malaria endemic ar...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Antigens, Surface
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria Vaccines
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Male
- Morbidity
- Papua New Guinea
- Plasmodium falciparum