[Analysis of the antibody response to merozoite antigens in a malaria holoendemic area].

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[Analysis of the antibody response to merozoite antigens in a malaria holoendemic area].

Dakar medical - 1 Jan 1993

Dieye A, Sarthou J L, Balde-Toure A, Aribot G, Roussilhon C, Rogier C, Trape J F, Heidrich H G

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In the aim to determine the possible role of HLA-antigens in malaria infection, sera from 50 HLA-typed donors from Dielmo (Senegal) were tested in immunoblotting (using crude merozoites as antigen) and immunoprecipitation (using detergent-extracts from surface-iodinated merozoite as antigen). The...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan
Antigens, Protozoan
HLA Antigens
Humans
Immunoblotting
Malaria, Falciparum
Phenotype
Plasmodium falciparum
Senegal
T-Lymphocytes

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