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Characteristics of the study participants |
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| HC |
MM |
CMa |
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| Total No. of samples for IgG |
19 |
46 |
56 |
| Total No. of samples for subclasses |
18 |
49 |
53 |
| No. of males used for total IgG |
5 |
20 |
18 |
| No. of males used for subclasses |
4 |
28 |
36 |
| No. of females used for total IgG |
14 |
26 |
38 |
| No. of females used for subclasses |
14 |
21 |
17 |
| Median age for samples used for total IgG (yr) |
30.0 |
18.5 |
22.0 |
| Median age for samples used for subclasses (Yr) |
27.0 |
19.0 |
22.0 |
| Median parasitaemia (parasite/μl) of samples used for total IgG |
N/A |
1,507 |
960 |
| Median parasitaemia (parasite/μl) of samples used for subclasses |
N/A |
1,413 |
987 |
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The demographic and parasitological characteristics of the study participants are shown. A total of 121 samples were used for the total IgG assay and 120 for the IgG subclasses assay. HC = healthy controls, MM = mild malaria and CM = cerebral malaria. Seven patients in the CM group died of CM. Both age and parasitaemia data are represented as median. a CM patients include seven patients who died of CM | |||
Lucchi et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:121 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-121 |
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