title: Natural antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum Exp-1, MSP-3 and GLURP long synthetic peptides and association with protection.
abstract: A longitudinal study was undertaken in Burkina Faso among 293 children aged 6 months to 9 years in order to determine the correlation between an antibody response to several individual malarial antigens and malarial infection. It was found that the presence of a positive antibody response at the beginning of the rainy season to three long synthetic peptides corresponding to Plasmodium falciparum Exp-1 101-162, MSP-3 154-249 and GLURP 801-920 but not to CSP 274-375 correlated with a statistically significant decrease in malarial infection during the ongoing transmission season. The simultaneous presence of an antibody response to more than one antigen is indicative of a lower frequency of malarial infection. This gives scientific credibility to the notion that a successful malaria vaccine should contain multiple antigens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meraldi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nebié
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Tiono
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanogo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theisen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Druilhe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corradin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moret
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sirima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D009842:Oligopeptides; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C063362:QF116 antigen, Plasmodium falciparum; C089133:merozoite surface protein 3, Plasmodium; C072492:glutamate-rich protein, Plasmodium