Protein microarray analysis of antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenyan highlands

ABSTRACT: Malaria represents a major public health problem in Africa [1]. In the East African highlands, even in high-altitude areas previously considered too cold to support vector population and parasite transmission [2], frequent malaria epidemics have been reported since the 1980M-bM-^@M-^Ys [3]. Plasmodium falciparum infections have been detected in areas as high as 1,600-2,400m above sea level in Africa [4], albeit there is a marked gradient of parasite prevalence along the altitude transect [5-7]. Both the historical absence of malaria in the African highlands and now the intensive malaria control efforts put in place after the recent outbreaks have reduced malaria prevalence and incidence [8], rendering the East African highlands particularly prone to epidemic malaria due to the lack of the

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Elisabeth Baum 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48089 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress