Towards a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax malaria.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 18092888.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 2140083.
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Abstract
The authors discuss a new study that suggests that<i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Duffy-binding protein could be a candidate antigen for developing a<i>P. vivax</i> vaccine.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Erythrocytes
- Malaria Vaccines
- Malaria, Vivax
- Plasmodium vivax
- Protozoan Proteins
- Receptors, Cell Surface