Self-reactivities to the non-erythroid alpha spectrin correlate with cerebral malaria in Gabonese children.
<h4>Background</h4>Hypergammaglobulinemia and polyclonal B-cell activation commonly occur in Plasmodium sp. infections. Some of the antibodies produced recognize self-components and are correlated with disease severity in P. falciparum malaria. However, it is not known whether some self-...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-04-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000389 |