Protective immunity induced in squirrel monkeys with recombinant serine repeat antigen (SERA) of Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Suzue, Kazutomo ^a   Ito, Mamoru ^b   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^c   Tanioka, Yoshikuni ^b   Horii, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Humoral immune response; Malaria vaccine; SERA protein of Plasmodium falciparum; Squirrel monkey; Synthetic gene

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0002845416     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(97)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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