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A universal vaccine candidate against Plasmodium vivax malaria confers protective immunity against the three PvCSP alleles.
Scientific reports - 9 Sept 2021
Gimenez Alba Marina, Salman Ahmed M, Marques Rodolfo F, López-Camacho César, Harrison Kate, Kim Young Chan, Janse Chris J, Soares Irene S, Reyes-Sandoval Arturo
Abstract excerpt
Malaria is a highly prevalent parasitic disease in regions with tropical and subtropical climates worldwide. Among the species of Plasmodium causing human malaria, P. vivax is the second most prevalent and the most geographically widespread species. A major target of a pre-erythrocytic vaccine is the P. vivax circumsporozoite protein (PvCSP). In previous studies, we fused two recombinant proteins representing...
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