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IgG against Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens and growth inhibitory antibodies in Mozambican children receiving intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

Quelhas, Diana; Jimenez, Alfons; Quito, Llorenç; Casas, Elisa Serra; Mayor, Alfredo a d; Cistero, Pau; Puyol, Laura; Wilson, Danny W. e; Richards, Jack S; Nhampossa, Tacilta; Macete, Eusebioa; Aide, Pedro; Sanz, Sergi; Aponte, John J; Alonso, Pedro L; Beeson, James G; Menendez, Clara; Dobano, Carlota.
Immunobiology (1979); 216 (7), 2011
This study aimed to evaluate whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) had an effect on the acquisition of IgG against Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens (VSA) and growth-inhibitory antibodies in Manhiça, Mozambique. In addition, we assesse...
Antibodies, Protozoan, d0109630, Antibodies, Protozoan/blood, Antibody Formation/radiation effects, Antigens, Protozoan/immunology, Antigens, Surface/immunology, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/chemistry, Immunoglobulin G/blood, Malaria, Falciparum/blood, Malaria, Falciparum/immunology, Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology, Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control, Membrane Proteins/immunology, Plasmodium falciparum/immunology, Plasmodium falciparum/pathogenicity, Protozoan Proteins/immunology, Mozambique
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Assessment of measles immunity among infants in maputo city, mozambique

Jani, Jagrati V; Hansen, Carol Holm; Mussá, Tufária; Zango, Arlinda; Manhiça, Ivan; Bjune, Gunnar; Jani, Ilesh V.
BMC public health (Online); 8 (386), 2008
Background: The optimum age for measles vaccination varies from country to country and thus a standardized vaccination schedule is controversial. While the increase in measles vaccination coverage has produced significant changes in the epidemiology of infection, vaccination schedules have not been adjus...
Mozambique, Antibody Formation, Mouth Mucosa/virology, Urban Population, Immunity, Immunoglobulin G/analysis, Mass Vaccination, Measles/immunology, Measles Vaccine/immunology, Measles/prevention & control, Measles/virology, Disease Susceptibility/immunology, Disease Susceptibility/virology, Antibodies, Viral/immunology, Immunoglobulin M/analysis, Antibodies, Viral/analysis, Measles Vaccine/administration & dosage, Measles virus/immunology
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Assessing the “window of susceptibility” in measles control: The case study of Mozambique

Jani, Jangrati V.
Measles elimination has been on the World Health Organization agenda for the last fifteen years. Progress towards elimination has been made. However, it has not been uniform around the world. On the African continent, the vaccine coverage rate is the lowest in the world and the disease burden is the high...
Measles, 51607, 34661, Mozambique, Poliomyelitis, Child Health, Child Health Services, Immunization Programs, Vaccination, Public Health, Antibody Formation/immunology, Infant
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