Age, exposure and immunity

Elife. 2018 Aug 21:7:e40150. doi: 10.7554/eLife.40150.

Abstract

The acquisition of immunity to malaria by an individual depends on their age and the number of infectious mosquito bites they have received.

Keywords: p. falciparum; anti-disease immunity; anti-parasite immunity; epidemiology; global health; immunity; malaria.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Diseases*
  • Humans
  • Malaria*
  • Malaria, Falciparum
  • Plasmodium falciparum