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SUBMITTER: Fried M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845157 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fried Michal M Kurtis Jonathan D JD Swihart Bruce B Morrison Robert R Pond-Tor Sunthorn S Barry Amadou A Sidibe Youssoufa Y Keita Sekouba S Mahamar Almahamoudou A Andemel Naissem N Attaher Oumar O Dembele Adama B AB Cisse Kadidia B KB Diarra Bacary S BS Kanoute Moussa B MB Narum David L DL Dicko Alassane A Duffy Patrick E PE
Malaria journal 20180309 1
<h4>Background</h4>Maternal malaria is a tropical scourge associated with poor pregnancy outcomes. Women become resistant to Plasmodium falciparum pregnancy malaria as they acquire antibodies to the variant surface antigen VAR2CSA, a leading vaccine candidate. Because malaria infection may increase VAR2CSA antibody levels and thereby confound analyses of immune protection, gravidity-dependent changes in antibody levels during and after infection, and the effect of VAR2CSA antibodies on pregnancy ...[more]