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US 8,465,746 B2Granted
Compositions and methods for treatment, research and therapeutic applications for malaria
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsKasturi Haldar, Pamela Tamez, Souvik Bhattacharjee
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Abstract
The present invention provides anti-Plasmodium immunogenic compositions comprising EVP1 (PFD0495c) or an antigenic portion thereof, as well as methods of immunizing against malaria employing these compositions. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods of identifying Plasmodium infection employing agents that bind to EVP1 or an antibody generated thereto.
Claims5
A method for eliciting an immune response in an subject, comprising:
- administering a composition to a subject such that said subject manifests an immune response, wherein said composition comprises an isolated protein selected from the group consisting of:
- i) an isolated peptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 17, or ii) an isolated protein comprising the amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:
- 7-12.
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