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Cellular responses to modified Plasmodium falciparum MSP1(19 )antigens in individuals previously exposed to natural malaria infection

BACKGROUND: MSP1 processing-inhibitory antibodies bind to epitopes on the 19 kDa C-terminal region of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1(19)), inhibiting erythrocyte invasion. Blocking antibodies also bind to this antigen but prevent inhibitory antibodies binding, allowing i...

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Autores principales: Okafor, Christian MF, Anumudu, Chiaka I, Omosun, Yusuf O, Uthaipibull, Chairat, Ayede, Idowu, Awobode, Henrietta O, Odaibo, Alex B, Langhorne, Jean, Holder, Anthony A, Nwuba, Roseangela I, Troye-Blomberg, Marita
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19930613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-263