Immunological Characterization Of Duffy Binding Protein Of Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (DBP) is an essential ligand for reticulocyte invasion making it a premier asexual blood stage vaccine candidate. However, strain-specific immunity due to DBPII allelic variation may complicate vaccine efficacy, suggesting that an effective DBPII vaccine needs...

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Main Author: George, Miriam Thankam
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5689
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6887&context=etd