Preliminary assessment of anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels in patients with patent Plasmodium vivax infection

Anti-α-Gal responses may exert a protective effect in falciparum malaria. However, the biological role of such antibodies is still unknown during Plasmodium vivax infections. We investigated IgG and IgM responses to α-Gal in individuals with vivax malaria. Anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels were higher i...

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Main Authors: Zélia Barbosa de Almeida Coelho, Luiza Carvalho Mourão, Beatriz Carolina Medeiros Rodrigues, Gustavo Pereira Cardoso-Oliveira, Robert Hincapie, Carlos Sanhueza-Chavez, MG Finn, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Alexandre Ferreira Marques, Érika Martins Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100412&lng=en&tlng=en