Plasmodium falciparum antigens inducing protective antibodies
US6949627B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/866
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates, in part, to a purified polyclonal or monoclonal antibody which recognizes an epitope of a protein of 48,000 dalton, where the protein recognizes is a surface protein of a merozoite of Plasmodium falciparum which has a peptide of SEQ ID NO:1 or a sequence wherein SEQ ID NO:1 has been modified by insertion, deletion or substitution and the sequence inhibits the binding of inonoclonal antibody 245 to Plasmodium merozoites, as well as fragments of the antibody; the present invention relates to composition and kits containing the same, as well as methods of using the same;
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