title: Malarial antibodies measured by the indirect hemagglutination test in West African children.
abstract: The indirect hemagglutination test with Plasmodium falciparum antigen was used to measure malarial antibodies in filter paper blood specimens from 527 West African children. A slight decline in antibodies was noted in 6- to 8-month-old children wh o had no malaria parasites in their blood smears. Children older than 10 months had similar antibody levels regardless of the presence or absence of demonstrated parasites in blood smears.
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies