Serological Evidence of Discrete Spatial Clusters of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Philip Bejon; Louise Turner; Thomas Lavstsen; Gerald Cham; Ally Olotu; Chris J. Drakeley; Marc Lievens; Johan Vekemans; Barbara Savarese; John Lusingu; Lorenz von Seidlein; Peter C. Bull; Kevin Marsh; Thor G. Theander

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021711

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Serological Evidence of Discrete Spatial Clusters of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Philip Bejon ,

* E-mail: pbejon@well.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Louise Turner,

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Thomas Lavstsen,

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gerald Cham,

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ally Olotu,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Chris J. Drakeley,

Affiliation Department of Immunity and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Marc Lievens,

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
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Johan Vekemans,

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
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Barbara Savarese,

Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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John Lusingu,

Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga Centre, Tanga, Tanzania
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Lorenz von Seidlein,

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Australia
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Peter C. Bull,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Kevin Marsh,

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Thor G. Theander

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Serological Evidence of Discrete Spatial Clusters of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Philip Bejon,
Louise Turner,
Thomas Lavstsen,
Gerald Cham,
Ally Olotu,
Chris J. Drakeley,
Marc Lievens,
Johan Vekemans,
Barbara Savarese,
John Lusingu

Published: June 29, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021711

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