Prime-boost vaccination with recombinant protein and adenovirus-vector expressing Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (CSP) partially protects mice against Pb/Pv sporozoite challenge

Vaccine development against Plasmodium vivax malaria lags behind that for Plasmodium falciparum. To narrow this gap, we administered recombinant antigens based on P. vivax circumsporozoite protein (CSP) to mice. We expressed in Pichia pastoris two chimeric proteins by merging the three central repea...

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Main Authors: de Camargo, T, de Freitas, E, Gimenez, A, Lima, L, de Almeida Caramico, K, Françoso, K, Bruna-Romero, O, Andolina, C, Nosten, F, Rénia, L, Ertl, H, Nussenzweig, R, Nussenzweig, V, Rodrigues, M, Reyes-Sandoval, A, Soares, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018