The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
发明人:
Jane Alexandra Rowe,Ashfaq Ghumra
申请号:
US14360136
公开号:
US20140322240A1
申请日:
2012.11.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention provides an antigenically restricted subset of the highly variant PfEMP1 rosetting antigen which possess epitopes which may be exploited to raise immune responses effective against many diverse strains and isolates of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. In this regard, the invention provides one or more P. falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein-1 (PfEMP1) antigen(s) or a fragment or fragments thereof, for use in raising immune responses in humans.