[Humoral response to antigenic peptides (MSP1, MSP2, and SR-11.1) in subjects living in endemic areas].

Introduction: vaccines are the key tools for controlling and eradicating malaria worldwide. Currently, research and development are focused on three types of vaccine candidates that target different life stages of Plasmodium falciparum in humans and the vector. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the humoral response to Plasmodium falciparum antigenic peptides (MSP1, MSP2 and SR-11.

Seroprevalence of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection among HIV-infected pregnant women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

The deficit of cellular immunity, as found in HIV infected individuals, may lead to the reactivation of latent Toxoplasma gondii cysts, with as consequence, the occurrence of toxoplasmosis and an eventual vertical transmission of the disease during pregnancy. The present study was designed for determining the occurrence of latent Toxoplasma gondii among HIV-infected pregnant women during the first trimester in Bobo-Dioulasso. Thus, 348 pregnant women aged from 17 to 47 years (average age of 6.