PfRH5 as a candidate vaccine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 87-88

  Drew, Damien R ^a   Beeson, James G ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Invasion; Malaria; PfRH5; Plasmodium falciparum; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM RETICULOCYTE BINDING LIKE HOMOLOGUE 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RH5 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CELL INVASION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETICULOCYTE; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRIMATE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRIMATES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

EID: 84924664942     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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