Impact of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on antibody responses to erythrocytic-stage Plasmodium falciparum antigens in infants in Mozambique
Clin. vaccine immunol; 15 (8), 2008
Ano de publicação: 2008
We evaluated the impact of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), which was given at ages 3, 4, and 9 months through the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), on the development of antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambique. Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG subclass antibodies specific to whole asexual parasites and to recombinant MSP-1(19), AMA-1, and EBA-175 were measured at ages 5, 9, 12, and 24 months for 302 children by immunofluorescence antibody tests and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Antibody responses did not significantly differ between children receiving IPTi with SP and those receiving a placebo at any time point measured, with the exception of the responses of IgG and IgG1 to AMA-1 and/or MSP-1(19), which were significantly higher in the SP-treated group than in the placebo group at ages 5, 9, and/or 24 months. IPTi with SP given through the EPI reduces the frequency of malarial illness while allowing the development of naturally acquired antibody responses to P. falciparum antigens
Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/sangue, Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/imunologia, Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/genética, Antimaláricos/administração & dosagem, Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico, Malária Falciparum/imunologia, Malária Falciparum/prevenção & controle, Plasmodium falciparum/imunologia, Pirimetamina/administração & dosagem, Moçambique, Proteínas Recombinantes/genética, Proteínas Recombinantes/imunologia