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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2011

Serum antibody responses to polymorphic Cryptosporidium mucin antigen in Bangladeshi children with cryptosporidiosis.

Olivia Lai, Christopher Morris, Sabeena Ahmed, Mohammed Mahbubul Karim, Wasif Khan, Honorine Ward, Roberta O'Connor

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Olivia LaiDivision of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Christopher Morris
Sabeena Ahmed
Mohammed Mahbubul Karim
Wasif Khan
Honorine Ward
Roberta O'Connor
Tufts Medical Center · US

Funding

T. gondii as a model for investigation of Cryptosporidium glycoprotein antigensR21AI081643 · NIAID · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI O'CONNOR, ROBERTA M · 2009 to 2010
$531k
Role of Cryptosporidium Mucins in Host-parasite interactionsR21AI070037 · NIAID · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI O'CONNOR, ROBERTA M · 2006 to 2007
$397k
NIAID NIH HHS 1R21AI070037NIAID NIH HHS 1R21AI081643NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI070037NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI081643
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidium is a significant cause of diarrheal disease in children in developing countries. The sporozoite antigen Muc4 is important for infection of host cells, and could be a candidate vaccine antigen. However, this antigen is polymorphic between Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum. We investigated antibody responses to C. hominis Muc4 and C. parvum Muc4 antigen in children in Bangladesh infected with C. hominis. Antibody responses were compared between children with cryptosporidial diarrhea (cases) and uninfected children with diarrhea (controls). There was a significant IgM response to Muc4 from both species in cases compared with controls, which increased over time, and was higher in children with persistent diarrhea. Despite sequence polymorphisms, antibody responses to C. hominis Muc4 and C. parvum Muc4 were significantly correlated. These results suggest that the human antibody response to Muc4 is cross-reactive between species, but in young children does not mature to an IgG response within the period observed in this study.

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Antibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanBangladeshCase-Control StudiesChild, PreschoolCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumDiarrheaFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansInfantMaleAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, Protozoan

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PMID21896806
PMCPMC3163868
OpenAlexW2166292870

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