Antibodies That Induce Phagocytosis of Malaria Infected Erythrocytes: Effect of HIV Infection and Correlation with Clinical Outcomes
Figure 1
Associations of antibodies measured with HIV and infant birth weight.
A) Values for both phagocytic antibodies (circles) and total IgG to CS2VSA (squares) were plotted according to the women's’ HIV status (HIV negative – full symbols; HIV positive – open symbols). Mann-Whitney rank sum tests were performed on HIV positive vs. negative women. *p = 0.010; n.s. ( p = 0.078). Univariate linear regression of total IgG to CS2VSA (B) and phagocytic antibodies (C) and infant birth weight. Both p-values are plotted. Only phagocytic antibodies correlated with infant birth weight (r2 = 0.025, p = 0.034).