Interferon-gamma responses to Plasmodium falciparum liver-stage antigen-1 and merozoite-surface protein-1 increase with age in children in a malaria holoendemic area of western Kenya

BACKGROUND: In areas of high-level, year-round malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality due to malaria decrease after the first two to three years of life. This reduction may be related to the development of cellular immunity to specific antigens expressed in the different life-cycle stages of...

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Main Authors: Chelimo, Kiprotich, Sumba, Peter O, Kazura, James W, Ofula, Ayub V, John, Chandy C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2003
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC280688/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14613510
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-2-37
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