Table 2

CD4 T cell proliferation to three pools of relatively conserved peptides of PfEMP-1

Pools of peptides

Mean CD4 T cell proliferation (Log₁₀)

Benin donors

UK controls

P value

DBLα (pool 1)

2.47 ± 0.15 ^1] (24)^2]

1.94 ± 0.18 (24)

P = 0.025

CIDRα + DBLβ-δ (pool 2)

2.47 ± 0.14 (23)

2.02 ± 0.20 (21)

P = 0.062

Exon 2 (pool 3)

2.44 ± 0.15 (24)

1.94 ± 0.20 (22)

P = 0.045

^1] Standard error of the Log₁₀ mean of dividing CD4 T cells in triplicate wells as determined by a flow cytometric assay described in Materials and Methods ^2] Total number of donors tested

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