Cord Blood Vγ2Vδ2 T Cells Provide a Molecular Marker for the Influence of Pregnancy-Associated Malaria on Neonatal Immunity

Abstract

Our results suggest that placental malaria affects the phenotype and repertoire of neonatal Vγ2Vδ2 lymphocytes. Placental malaria may lower the capacity for subsequent Vγ2Vδ2 cell responses and impair the natural resistance to infectious diseases or the response to pediatric vaccination.