Self-reactivities to the non-erythroid alpha spectrin correlate with cerebral malaria in Gabonese children

Hypergammaglobulinemia and polyclonal B-cell activation commonly occur in Plasmodium sp. infections. Some of the antibodies produced recognize self-components and are correlated with disease severity in P. falciparum malaria. However, it is not known whether some self-reactive antibodies produced du...

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Main Author: Guiyedi, V. (author)
Other Authors: Chanseaud, Y. (author), Fesel, C. (author), Snounou, G. (author), Rousselle, J.C. (author), Lim, P. (author), Koko, J. (author), Namane, A. (author), Cazenave, P.A. (author), Kombila, M. (author), Pied, S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Immunoglobulin G/immunology
Malaria, Cerebral/immunology
Malaria, Falciparum/immunology
Spectrin/immunology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/214
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/214

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/214

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