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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
To determine whether antibodies to defined B-cell epitopes of Plasmodium falciparum antigens were related to protection against parasitemic attacks in highly exposed pregnant women, two samples of 235 with no initial P. falciparum parasitemia (NP) and 89 multigravidas who presented initial P. falciparum parasitemia (IP) were enrolled in an antimalarial prophylaxis trial in the Mangochi District in Malawi. Sera were collected under effective prophylaxis and tested for antibody measurement using FAST-ELISA. Mean antibody titers to synthetic peptides reproducing the 3 major B-cell epitopes of the ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (Pf155/RESA), as (EENV)4, (EENVEHDA)4 and (DDEHVEEPTVA)3, were higher in the NP than in the IP multigravidas, and this remained consistent within the season of malaria transmission (all p < 0.05). All antibodies to Pf155/RESA were positively intercorrelated within each group. Mean antibody titers to peptide (PNAN)5 reproducing the major B-cell epitope of the circumsporozoite protein (CS protein) were similar between NP and IP multigravidas in both dry and rainy season. Antibodies to Pf155/RESA epitopes may contribute to immune protection against blood-stage parasite multiplication in these highly malaria-exposed pregnant women.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0001-706X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Antibodies, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Chloroquine, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Malaria, Falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Malawi, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Parasitemia, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Parity, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7528968-Seasons
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibodies to ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (Pf155/RESA) protect against P. falciparum parasitemia in highly exposed multigravidas women in Malawi.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't