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About the Authors:
Greta E. Weiss
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Eva H. Clark
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales Antiparasitarios de la Amazonia (LIPNAA), Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Shanping Li
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Boubacar Traore
Affiliation: Malaria Research and Training Centre, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
Kassoum Kayentao
Affiliation: Malaria Research and Training Centre, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
Aissata Ongoiba
Affiliation: Malaria Research and Training Centre, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
Jean N. Hernandez
Affiliation: Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales Antiparasitarios de la Amazonia (LIPNAA), Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Ogobara K. Doumbo
Affiliation: Malaria Research and Training Centre, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
Susan K. Pierce
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
OraLee H. Branch
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales Antiparasitarios de la Amazonia (LIPNAA), Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, Department of Medical Parasitology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
Peter D. Crompton
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Introduction
Passive transfer studies in humans indicate that antibodies (Abs) play a critical role in controlling the disease associated with the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria [1], [2]. However, Abs that protect against clinical malaria are only acquired after repeated infections and may be relatively short-lived [3], [4]. This stands in contrast to the long-term...