Production, Quality Control, Stability and Pharmacotoxicity of a Malaria Vaccine Comprising Three Highly Similar PfAMA1 Protein Molecules to Overcome Antigenic Variation.

Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (PfAMA1) is a leading asexual blood stage vaccine candidate for malaria. In preparation for clinical trials, three Diversity Covering (DiCo) PfAMA1 ectodomain proteins, designed to overcome the intrinsic polymorphism that is present in PfAMA1, were pro...

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Main Authors: Bart W Faber, Stephan Hellwig, Sophie Houard, Nicolas Havelange, Jürgen Drossard, Hubert Mertens, Alexander Croon, Robin Kastilan, Richard Byrne, Nicole van der Werff, Marjolein van der Eijk, Alan W Thomas, Clemens H M Kocken, Edmond J Remarque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5047445?pdf=render