Evidence for globally shared, cross-reacting polymorphic epitopes in the pregnancy-associated malaria vaccine candidate VAR2CSA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1791-1800

  Avril, Marion ^a   Kulasekara, Bridget R ^a   Gose, Severin O ^a   Rowe, Chris ^b   Dahlbäck, Madeleine ^c   Duffy, Patrick E ^a   Fried, Michal ^a   Salanti, Ali ^c   Misher, Lynda ^a   Narum, David L ^b   Smith, Joseph D ^a,d  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN DBL1; PROTEIN DBL3; PROTEIN DBL4; PROTEIN DBL5; PROTEIN DBL6; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAR2CSA; EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL LINE; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 42149087259     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01470-07     Document Type: Article

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