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Protective efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02 Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine is not strain specific.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jan 2003
Alloueche Ali, Milligan Paul, Conway David J, Pinder Margaret, Bojang Kalifa, Doherty Tom, Tornieporth Nadia, Cohen Joe, Greenwood Brian M
Abstract excerpt
RTS,S/AS02 is a recombinant protein malaria vaccine that contains a large portion of the C-terminal of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) sequence of the NF54 isolate of Plasmodium falciparum fused to the hepatitis B virus surface antigen. It has been shown to induce significant protection to challenge infection with a homologous parasite strain in American volunteers. In a recently completed trial in semi-immune...
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