Institute for Research in Biomedicine;Seattle Children's Hospital D/B/A Seattle Children's Research Institute;Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut
The present invention provides a fragment of piasmodium circumsporozoite protein according to SEQ ID NO: 1, for example for use in a malaria vaccine. The present invention also provides nucleic acids encoding a fragment of piasmodium circumsporozoite protein according to SEQ ID NO: 1, compositions comprising a fragment of piasmodium circumsporozoite protein according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and antibodies binding to a fragment of piasmodium circumsporozoite protein according to SEQ ID NO: 1. The antibodies according to the present invention bind specifically to