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Effect of the malaria vaccine Combination B on merozoite surface antigen 2 diversity.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2007
Flück Christian, Schöpflin Sonja, Smith Tom, Genton Blaise, Alpers Michael P, Beck Hans-Peter, Felger Ingrid
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Extensive genetic polymorphism is generally found in Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens. This poses a considerable obstacle to the development of a malaria vaccine. In order to assess possible effects of a polymorphic vaccine, we have analyzed the genetic diversity of parasites collected in the course of a phase 2b field trial of the blood stage vaccine Combination B in Papua New Guinea. The full-length 3D7...
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