Transmission-blocking vaccine against malaria

Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Parasitic organism or component thereof or substance...

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to transmission-blocking vaccines against malaria. Vaccines of the present invention contain a recombinant Pfs25 Plasmodium falciparum protein produced by yeast cells and to yeast cells producing the protein. Mice and monkeys inoculated with the yeast-expressed Pfs25 of the present invention have developed antibodies with transmission-blocking activity. The present invention also relates to methods of preventing or treating malarial infections using the vaccines of the present invention.

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