Naturally Acquired Immune Responses to P. vivax Merozoite Surface Protein 3α and Merozoite Surface Protein 9 Are Associated with Reduced Risk of P. vivax Malaria in Young Papua New Guinean Children

Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread human malaria parasite. In highly endemic areas such as Papua New Guinea, a very rapid onset of immunity against vivax-malaria is observed. Although it is known that numerous P. vivax merozoite antigens are targets of naturally acquired antibod...

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Main Authors: Stanisic, Danielle I., Javati, Sarah, Kiniboro, Benson, Lin, Enmoore, Jiang, Jianlin, Singh, Balwan, Meyer, Esmeralda V. S., Siba, Peter, Koepfli, Cristian, Felger, Ingrid, Galinski, Mary R., Mueller, Ivo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828159/