title: Serum inhibition of merozoite dispersal from Plasmodium falciparum schizonts: indicator of immune status.
abstract: Specific immune serum was found to inhibit the dispersal of the merozoites from mature schizonts, thus interfering with their subsequent reinvasion of new host erythrocytes. This phenomenon is viewed as a protective mechanism against malaria which can be measured in vitro and reflects the immune status of the donor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001029:Aotus trivirgatus; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies