Antibody and B cell responses to Plasmodium sporozoites

Antibodies are capable of blocking infection of the liver by Plasmodium sporozoites. Accordingly the induction of anti-sporozoite antibodies is a major aim of various vaccine approaches to malaria. In recent years our knowledge of the specificity and quantities of antibodies required for protection...

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Main Authors: Johanna N Dups, Marion ePepper, Ian Andrew Cockburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00625/full