Immunofocusing humoral immunity potentiates the functional efficacy of the AnAPN1 malaria transmission-blocking vaccine antigen
Abstract Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) prevent the completion of the developmental lifecycle of malarial parasites within the mosquito vector, effectively blocking subsequent infections. The mosquito midgut protein Anopheline alanyl aminopeptidase N (AnAPN1) is the leading, mosquito-...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-04-01
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Series: | npj Vaccines |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-021-00309-4 |