| Literature DB >> 11160024 |
D R Cavanagh1, C Dobaño, I M Elhassan, K Marsh, A Elhassan, L Hviid, E A Khalil, T G Theander, D E Arnot, J S McBride.
Abstract
Comparisons of immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass responses to the major polymorphic region and to a conserved region of MSP-1 in three cohorts of African villagers exposed to Plasmodium falciparum revealed that responses to Block 2 are predominantly IgG3 whereas antibodies to MSP-1(19) are mainly IgG1. The striking dominance of IgG3 to Block 2 may explain the short duration of this response and also the requirement for continuous stimulation by malaria infection to maintain clinical immunity.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11160024 PMCID: PMC98008 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.1207-1211.2001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441