The Malaria Vaccine Candidate GMZ2 Elicits Functional Antibodies in Individuals From Malaria Endemic and Non-Endemic Areas
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Safety and immunogenicity of the malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2 in malaria-exposed, adult individuals from Lambaréné, Gabon.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1537-6613,0022-1899
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit185