Thrombospondin related adhesive protein (TRAP), a potential malaria vaccine candidate

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Dolo, A ^a   Modiano, D ^b   Doumbo, O ^a   Bosman, A ^c   Sidibe T ^d   Keita, M M ^d   Naitza, S ^e   Robson, K J H ^f   Crisanti, A ^e,g  

^a Pharm d'Odonto Stomatol   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HÔPITAL GABRIEL TOURÉ   (Mali)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malaria vaccine; Sporozoite; TRAP

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; THROMBOSPONDIN-RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033183082     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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