Genetic diversity and neutral selection in Plasmodium vivax erythrocyte binding protein correlates with patient antigenicity

• Main Authors: Jin Hee Han, Jee Sun Cho, Jessica J.Y. Ong, Ji Hoon Park, Myat Htut Nyunt, Edwin Sutanto, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Beyene Petros, Abraham Aseffa, Sisay Getachew, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Nicholas M. Anstey, Matthew J. Grigg, Bridget E. Barber, Timothy William, Gao Qi, Yaobao Liu, Richard D. Pearson, Sarah Auburn, Ric N. Price, Francois Nosten, Laurent Rénia, Bruce Russell, Eun Taek Han
• Other Authors: The Jenner Institute
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/58114
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2020 Han et al. Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread and difficult to treat cause of human malaria. The development of vaccines against the blood stages of P. vivax remains a key objective for the control and elimination of vivax malaria. Erythrocyte binding-like (EBL) protein family mem-bers s...