Cytokine response to pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in mice with pre-existing immunity to malaria
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Cytokine response to pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in mice with pre-existing immunity to malaria. / Megnekou, Rosette; Staalsoe, Trine; Hviid, Lars.
In: Malaria Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.11.2013, p. 387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cytokine response to pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in mice with pre-existing immunity to malaria
AU - Megnekou, Rosette
AU - Staalsoe, Trine
AU - Hviid, Lars
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - During childhood, residents of areas with stable transmission of Plasmodium falciparum parasites acquire substantial protective immunity to malaria, and adults therefore rarely experience clinical disease episodes. However, susceptibility to infection reappears in pregnant women, particularly primigravidae. This is due to appearance of antigenic parasite variants that are restricted to pregnancy. Variant-specific immunity also governs pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in pregnant mice. Pregnancy-related changes in the plasma cytokine levels of mice with immunity acquired prior to first pregnancy have not been studied in detail previously, and were the topic of the present study.
AB - During childhood, residents of areas with stable transmission of Plasmodium falciparum parasites acquire substantial protective immunity to malaria, and adults therefore rarely experience clinical disease episodes. However, susceptibility to infection reappears in pregnant women, particularly primigravidae. This is due to appearance of antigenic parasite variants that are restricted to pregnancy. Variant-specific immunity also governs pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in pregnant mice. Pregnancy-related changes in the plasma cytokine levels of mice with immunity acquired prior to first pregnancy have not been studied in detail previously, and were the topic of the present study.
U2 - 10.1186/1475-2875-12-387
DO - 10.1186/1475-2875-12-387
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24180253
VL - 12
SP - 387
JO - Malaria Journal
JF - Malaria Journal
SN - 1475-2875
IS - 1
ER -
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