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