Immunogenicity of Well-Characterized Synthetic Plasmodium falciparum Multiple Antigen Peptide Conjugates
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Immunogenicity of well-characterized synthetic Plasmodium falciparum multiple antigen peptide conjugates.
Given the emerging difficulties with malaria drug resistance and vector control, as well as the persistent lack of an effective vaccine, new malaria vaccine development strategies are needed. We used a novel methodology to synthesize and fully characterize multiple antigen peptide (MAP) conjugates containing protective epitopes from Plasmodium falciparum and evaluated their immunogenicity in fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.4884-4890.2001