Journal:
:iranian journal of immunology
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babacar mbengue
laboratoire d'immunologie, faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et d’odontostomatologie, université
cheikh anta diop de dakar, bp 5005, sénégal birahim niang
hôpital principal, service de réanimation, dakar, séné-
gal, bacary diatta
hôpital principal, service de réanimation, dakar, séné-
gal, adama tali
unité d'immunologie, institut pasteur, dakar, sénégal olivier garraud
gimap – ea 3064, faculty of medicine, university
of saint-etienne, france ronald perraut
institut pasteur, 28 rue du dr roux, 75015 paris, france alioune dieye
background: cerebral malaria (cm) is one of the major causes of death in african populations infected with plasmodium falciparum. only 1% of infected subjects develop cm. the reasons for these differences are not fully understood, but it is likely that the host humoral response against blood-stage antigens plays a role in protection from malaria, although the precise targets and mechanisms medi...