Antigenic diversity, antigenic variation and merozoite surface protein 1.

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Antigenic diversity, antigenic variation and merozoite surface protein 1.

Parassitologia - 1 Jul 1993

Brown K N

Abstract excerpt

Antigenic diversity and immune evasion by the parasite are important factors in the epidemiology of malaria and in determining the incidence of severe malaria. The dynamics of the parasitaemia in current studies in mice immunized with P.c.chabaudi native MSP1 or recombinant C-terminal subunits th...

Topics

Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan
Antigenic Variation
Child
Genetic Variation
Humans
Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
Malaria
Malaria Vaccines
Merozoite Surface Protein 1
Mice
Plasmodium
Protein Precursors
Protozoan Proteins

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