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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 85-94Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.12.007
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malaria; primigravidae; antibodies; VAR2CSA; pregnancy; epidemiology; surveillance; serology
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Pregnant women have an increased risk of malaria infection, independent of previously acquired immunity. Women in their first pregnancy and children under the age of five are the primary victims of malaria worldwide. Pregnant women develop antibodies against placentaadhesive parasites in a parity-dependent manner. Various efforts to understand the targets, quality, and quantity of this antibody response could aid the design of an effective vaccine against placental malaria. This review focuses on the research that has led to the current understanding of the antibody response that primigravidae (PG) acquire to Plasmodium falciparum malaria and draws from this knowledge to suggest serology and PG as sentinels for malaria transmission.
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