The role of age and exposure to Plasmodium falciparum in the rate of acquisition of naturally acquired immunity: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in PLoS One on March 07, 2012

Authors

Caterina Guinovart1, Carlota Dobaño, Quique Bassat, Augusto Nhabomba, Llorenç Quintó, Maria Nélia Manaca, Ruth Aguilar, Mauricio H Rodríguez, Arnoldo Barbosa, John J Aponte, Alfredo G Mayor, Montse Renom, Cinta Moraleda, David J Roberts, Evelin Schwarzer, Peter N Le Souëf, Louis Schofield, Chetan E Chitnis, Denise L Doolan, Pedro L Alonso

Author Affiliations

1: Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. caterina.guinovart@cresib.cat

Associated clinical trials:

Age of Exposure and Immunity to Malaria in Infants | NCT00231452

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