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Natural Human Antibody Responses to Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen 1 under Low Transmission and Unstable Malaria Conditions in Sri Lanka

Authors :
Wickramarachchi, Thilan
Premaratne, Prasad H.
Perera, K. L. R. Lakshman
Bandara, Sumith
Kocken, Clemens H. M.
Thomas, Alan W.
Handunnetti, Shiroma M.
Udagama-Randeniya, Preethi V.
Source :
Infection and Immunity; January 2006, Vol. 74 Issue: 1 p798-801, 4p
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

Plasmodium vivax apical membrane antigen 1, an important malaria vaccine candidate, was immunogenic during natural malaria infections in Sri Lanka, where low transmission and unstable malaria conditions prevail. Antibody prevalence increased with exposure in areas where malaria was or was not endemic. A marked isotype switch to cytophilic (immunoglobulin G1 [IgG1]/IgG3) antibodies was evident with increasing exposure exclusively in residents from areas of endemicity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00199567 and 10985522
Volume :
74
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Infection and Immunity
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs8238972