Discovery of GAMA, a plasmodium falciparum merozoite micronemal protein, as a novel blood-stage vaccine candidate antigen

• Main Authors: Thangavelu U. Arumugam, Satoru Takeo, Tsutomu Yamasaki, Amporn Thonkukiatkul, Kazutoyo Miura, Hitoshi Otsuki, Hong Zhou, Carole A. Long, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Jennifer Thompson, Danny W. Wilson, James G. Beeson, Julie Healer, Brendan S. Crabb, Alan F. Cowman, Motomi Torii, Takafumi Tsuboi
• Other Authors: Ehime University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/11974
• Institution: Mahidol University

One of the solutions for reducing the global mortality and morbidity due to malaria is multivalent vaccines comprising antigens of several life cycle stages of the malarial parasite. Hence, there is a need for supplementing the current set of malaria vaccine candidate antigens. Here, we aimed to cha...