Relationship between Antibody Levels, IgG Binding to Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes, and Disease Outcome in Hospitalized Urban Malaria Patients from Dakar, Sénégal

Background. Management of clinical malaria requires the development of reliable diagnostic methods and efficient biomarkers for follow-up of patients. Protection is partly based on IgG responses to parasite antigens exposed at the surface of infected erythrocytes (iRBCs). These IgG responses appeare...

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Main Authors: Babacar Mbengue, Mouhamadou Mansour Fall, Maguette Sylla Niang, Birahim Niang, Marie Louise Varela, Antoine Marie Diatta, Moustapha Mbow, Kantome Ndiaye, Rokhaya Ndiaye Diallo, Alioune Dieye, Ronald Perraut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5381956