Mannose-Binding Lectin Is a Disease Modifier in Clinical Malaria and May Function as Opsonin for Plasmodium falciparum- Infected Erythrocytes

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Tissue Typing Laboratory-7631, Department of Clinical Immunology, and Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; RA Biology Respiratory and Inflammation CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Centre Gunnels Wood, Stevenage, and Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, England; and Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, and Immunology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana