Patients with the condition have a very high level of this protein, correlating with the acute phases of the disease, and this rate fluctuates according to the inflammatory activity specific to this disease. (sciencedaily.com)
The monkeys were treated early in the acute phase of their disease, soon after they were infected, whereas people in the studies had all been infected for many months or even years. (newscientist.com)
Antibodies can therefore protect at two levels: in the initial phase, by blocking sporozoites, and in the acute phase of the disease, by blocking the infected red blood cells. (sciencedaily.com)