Identification of optimal epitopes for Plasmodium falciparum rapid diagnostic tests that target histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1397-1405

  Lee, Nelson ^a,f   Gatton, Michelle L ^b   Pelecanos, Anita ^b   Bubb, Martin ^c   Gonzalez, Iveth ^d   Bell, David ^d   Cheng, Qin ^b,e   McCarthy, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c National Bioproducts Institute   (South Africa)

^d FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^e AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY A6 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY C1 13; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY C2 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY K2 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY N7; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PTL 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY S2 5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TC10; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PFHRP2 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; RECEPTORS, FC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858602728     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06533-11     Document Type: Article

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