title: Plasmodium vivax: immune responses in a cross-section of the population in the Delhi area of India.
abstract: The immune status of the individuals living in the Delhi area of northern India where Plasmodium vivax is predominant is described. The majority of the individuals who were acutely infected with P. vivax had antibodies against crude blood-stage antigen and the recombinant antigen, PV9. In contrast, the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of the majority of these individuals did not show proliferation in the presence of either of these antigens. There was no correlation between antibody levels and T cell proliferation. Such an immune status of individuals living in endemic areas should be taken into account in the future in developing P. vivax malaria vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D011994:Recombinant Proteins