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Immunology and Infection

Measuring Naturally Acquired Phagocytosis-Inducing Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by a Flow Cytometry-Based Assay
Maria del Pilar Quintana 1, Nsoh Godwin Anabire 1,2,3, Lars Hviid 1,4
1Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, 3Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, 4Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet

The overall goal of this protocol is to provide instruction on how to measure the capacity of antibodies present in sera or plasma of individuals, naturally exposed to Plasmodium falciparum infection, to opsonize and induce phagocytosis of the parasite-infected erythrocytes (IEs).

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