A malaria vaccine that elicits in humans antibodies able to kill Plasmodium falciparum.
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 3 is a malaria vaccine candidate that was identified, characterised, and developed based on a unique immuno-clinical approach. The vaccine construct was derived from regions fully conserved among various strains and containing B cell epitop...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020344 |