A modified hepatitis B virus core particle containing multiple epitopes of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein provides a highly immunogenic malaria vaccine in preclinical analyses in rodent and primate hosts.

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Published in Infect Immun on December 01, 2002

Authors

A Birkett1, K Lyons, A Schmidt, D Boyd, G A Oliveira, A Siddique, R Nussenzweig, J M Calvo-Calle, E Nardin

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1: Apovia Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA.

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