Passive immunization with antibodies against three distinct epitopes on Plasmodium yoelii merozoite surface protein 1 suppresses parasitemia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3925-3930

  Spencer Valero, Lilian M ^a   Ogun, Solabomi A ^a   Fleck, Suzanne L ^a   Ling, Irene T ^a   Scott Finnigan, Terry J ^a   Blackman, Michael J ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYPEPTIDE; SYNAPSIN I;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PARASITEMIA; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0008073235     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3925-3930.1998     Document Type: Article

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