Invasion-inhibitory antibodies elicited by immunization with Plasmodium vivax apical membrane antigen-1 expressed in Pichia pastoris yeast.

In a recent vaccine trial performed with African children, immunization with a recombinant protein based on Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) conferred a significant degree of strain-specific resistance against malaria. To contribute to the efforts of generating a vaccine again...

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Main Authors: Vicentin, E, Françoso, K, Rocha, M, Iourtov, D, Dos Santos, F, Kubrusly, F, Sakauchi, M, Raw, I, Nosten, F, Rénia, L, Rodrigues, M, Russell, B, Soares, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014