The establishment of a WHO Reference Reagent for anti-malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) human serum

Malaria Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bryan, Donna ^a   Silva, Nilupa ^a   Rigsby, Peter ^a   Dougall, Thomas ^a   Corran, Patrick ^a   Bowyer, Paul W ^a   Ho, Mei Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Reference; Serology; Standardization; Vaccine; WHO Reference Reagent

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMPOULE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85026894777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1958-x     Document Type: Article

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