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Table 3 Percentage of infants positive for IgM antibodies at their first sub-microscopic and slide-positive infections, as well as at the first symptomatic clinical episode

From: Characterization of the primary antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in infants living in a malaria-endemic area

Antigens

Sub-microscopic infectiona (n = 18)

Slide positive infectionsb (n = 39)

First clinical episode (n = 11)

AMA-1 (3D7)

44.4

76.9

73

AMA-1 (FV0)

33.3

82.1

91

EBA-175

27.8

66.7

73

MSP-1 (3D7)

22.2

76.9

91

MSP-1 (FVO)

33.3

79.5

91

MSP-2 (3D7)

27.8

79.5

91

MSP2 (FC27)

27.8

74.4

82

MSP-3

11.1

59.0

91

RESA

11.1

71.8

64

LSA-1

16.7

74.4

91

CSP

22.2

69.2

82

  1. aPCR-positive, but slide negative
  2. bFirst slide-positive infection