Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 284-289 , May 2004

Cross-sectional study of specific antibodies to a polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum antigen and of parasite antigen genotypes in school children on the slope of Mount Cameroon

  • Helen K Kimbi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63 Buea, S.W.P., Cameroon
    • ,
  • Kevin K.A Tetteh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, UK
    • ,
  • Spencer D Polley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, UK
    • ,
  • David J Conway

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-207-927-2331; fax: +44-207-636-8739.

Received 8 May 2003 ,Revised 29 September 2003 ,Accepted 1 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00068-3

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 284-289 , May 2004

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