Prenatal exposure to Plasmodium falciparum increases frequency and shortens time from birth to first clinical malaria episodes during the first two years of life: prospective birth cohort study

Boniphace Sylvester,Dinah B. Gasarasi,Said Aboud,Donath Tarimo,Siriel Massawe,Rose Mpembeni,Göte Swedberg

Prenatal exposure to Plasmodium falciparum increases frequency and shortens time from birth to first clinical malaria episodes during the first two years of life: prospective birth cohort study

2016

Boniphace Sylvester
Dinah B. Gasarasi
Said Aboud
Donath Tarimo
Siriel Massawe
Rose Mpembeni
Göte Swedberg

Background: Prenatal exposure to Plasmodium falciparum affects development of protective immunity and susceptibility to subsequent natural challenges with similar parasite antigens. However, the na ...

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Immunity
Immunology
Plasmodium falciparum
Cohort study
Biology
Malaria
Young adult
Prospective cohort study
prenatal exposure
Pregnancy
Parasitology
Tropical medicine

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