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Figure 8

From: Population diversity and antibody selective pressure to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block2 locus in an African malaria-endemic setting

Figure 8

Typical profiles of the temporal evolution of MSP1 block2- specific IgG before and after the 1998 rainy season. Antibodies were assayed from 25 individuals in August 1998 (yellow) and December 1998, i.e. after a rainy season when each inhabitant was exposed to a mean of 170 infected bites. Anti-MSP1 block2 specific IgG was assessed by ELISA on 16 pools of biotinylated peptides. The upper, central and lower panels show a representative example of a reduction of specific antibodies, an essentially unchanged profile, and a boosting of pre-existing responses, respectively.

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