Asymptomatic infection in individuals from the municipality of Barcelos (Brazilian Amazon) is not associated with the anti-Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositol antibody response

Asymptomatic infection in individuals from the municipality of Barcelos (Brazilian Amazon) is not associated with the anti-Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositol antibody response

Anti-glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) antibodies (Abs) may reflect and mediate, at least partially, anti-disease immunity in malaria by neutralising the toxic effect of parasitic GPI. Thus, we assessed the anti-GPI Ab response in asymptomatic individuals living in an area of the Brazilian Amazon t...

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Main Authors: Larissa Rodrigues Gomes, Paulo Renato Rivas Totino, Maria Carmen Arroyo Sanchez, Elsa Paula da Silva Kaingona Daniel, Cristiana Santos de Macedo, Filomeno Fortes, Jose Rodrigues Coura, Silvia Maria Di Santi, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Martha Cecilia Suarez-Mutis, Maria de Fatima Ferreira-da-Cruz, Claudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
glycosylphosphatidylinositol
asymptomatic infection
Brazilian Amazon
Angola
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