Expression of Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 STEVOR proteins for evaluation of antibody responses following malaria infections in naïve infants

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-167

  Schreiber, N ^a   Khattab, A ^a   Petter, M ^a   Marks, F ^a,c   Adjei, S ^b   Kobbe, R ^a   May, J ^a   Klinkert, M Q ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immune responses; Infants; Plasmodium falciparum; Recombinant STEVOR

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GHANA; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 38549181029     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003794     Document Type: Article

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