Immunization of mice with DNA-based Pfs25 elicits potent malaria transmission-blocking antibodies.

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Published in Infect Immun on April 01, 1999

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C A Lobo1, R Dhar, N Kumar

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1: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

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