Malaria immunity in infants: a special case of a general phenomenon?
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Malaria immunity in infants: a special case of a general phenomenon? / Hviid, Lars; Staalsoe, Trine.
In: Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2004, p. 66-72.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Malaria immunity in infants: a special case of a general phenomenon?
AU - Hviid, Lars
AU - Staalsoe, Trine
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan; Female; Humans; Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; Immunoglobulin G; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Malaria, Falciparum; Male; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Newborn infants in endemic areas are markedly resistant to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Consequently, severe disease is rare during the first few months of life, and infections tend to be low density and relatively asymptomatic during this period. Although this is generally ascribed to passively transferred immunity, attempts to identify the targets and mechanisms of this protection have been unsuccessful. The implications of the hypothesis that the progression from resistance through susceptibility and back to resistance during infancy and early childhood reflects the gradual acquisition of IgG to variant surface antigens (VSAs), while protection from maternal VSA-specific IgG steadily fades, are discussed here.
AB - Newborn infants in endemic areas are markedly resistant to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Consequently, severe disease is rare during the first few months of life, and infections tend to be low density and relatively asymptomatic during this period. Although this is generally ascribed to passively transferred immunity, attempts to identify the targets and mechanisms of this protection have been unsuccessful. The implications of the hypothesis that the progression from resistance through susceptibility and back to resistance during infancy and early childhood reflects the gradual acquisition of IgG to variant surface antigens (VSAs), while protection from maternal VSA-specific IgG steadily fades, are discussed here.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 14747019
VL - 20
SP - 66
EP - 72
JO - Trends in Parasitology
JF - Trends in Parasitology
SN - 1471-4922
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 6747027