Duration of naturally acquired antibody responses to blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum is age dependent and antigen specific.

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Published in Infect Immun on January 22, 2008

Authors

Onome J Akpogheneta1, Nancy O Duah, Kevin K A Tetteh, Samuel Dunyo, David E Lanar, Margaret Pinder, David J Conway

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, P.O. Box 273, Banjul, The Gambia.

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