Edible malaria vaccines that bear fruit

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1180-1181

  Pinzon Charry, Alberto ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

FRUIT; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; VACCINES, EDIBLE;

EID: 33847018018     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.014     Document Type: Letter

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