What can we learn from an unnatural immune response?

Trends Parasitol. 2010 Jul;26(7):319-21. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.02.011. Epub 2010 Apr 27.

Abstract

In a recent review on CD8+ T-cell responses after malaria infection and immunization, Zavala and colleagues outline two decades of research and formulate the central unresolved questions in the field. Here we discuss some of these findings and highlight their importance to malaria vaccinology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular / immunology
  • Malaria Vaccines / immunology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / immunology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
  • Plasmodium falciparum / immunology*

Substances

  • Malaria Vaccines