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Lack of allele-specific efficacy of a bivalent AMA1 malaria vaccine.
Malaria journal - 21 Jun 2010
Ouattara Amed, Mu Jianbing, Takala-Harrison Shannon, Saye Renion, Sagara Issaka, Dicko Alassane, Niangaly Amadou, Duan Junhui, Ellis Ruth D, Miller Louis H, Su Xin-zhuan, Plowe Christopher V, Doumbo Ogobara K
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BACKGROUND: Extensive genetic diversity in vaccine antigens may contribute to the lack of efficacy of blood stage malaria vaccines. Apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1) is a leading blood stage malaria vaccine candidate with extreme diversity, potentially limiting its efficacy against infection and d...
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