Vaccination with Conserved Regions of Erythrocyte-Binding Antigens Induces Neutralizing Antibodies against Multiple Strains of Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Healer, Julie ^a   Thompson, Jennifer K ^a   Riglar, David T ^a,c   Wilson, Danny W ^a   Chiu, Yu H C ^a,c   Miura, Kazutoyo ^b   Chen, Lin ^a   Hodder, Anthony N ^a   Long, Carole A ^b   Hansen, Diana S ^a,c   Baum, Jake ^a,c   Cowman, Alan F ^a,c  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 140; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 175; MALARIA VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC STRAIN; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84883799054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072504     Document Type: Article

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