Genetic engineering of attenuated malaria parasites for vaccination.

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Published in Curr Opin Biotechnol on May 04, 2012

Authors

Shahid M Khan1, Chris J Janse, Stefan H I Kappe, Sebastian A Mikolajczak

Author Affiliations

1: Leiden Malaria Research Group, Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. S.M.Khan@lumc.nl

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