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SUBMITTER: Patel SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805239 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patel Saurabh D SD Ahouidi Ambroise D AD Bei Amy K AK Dieye Tandakha N TN Mboup Souleymane S Harrison Stephen C SC Duraisingh Manoj T MT
The Journal of infectious diseases 20130731 10
Plasmodium falciparum is an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects erythrocytes and hepatocytes. The blood stage of its life cycle causes substantial morbidity and mortality associated with millions of infections each year, motivating an intensive search for potential components of a multi-subunit vaccine. In this study, we present data showing that antibodies from natural infections can recognize a recombinant form of the relatively conserved merozoite surface antigen, PfRH5. Furthermore ...[more]