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Falciparum Malaria
Studies from H. Curtidor et al add new findings in the area of falciparum malaria
November 5th, 2008
According to a study from Bogota, Colombia, "The identification of proteins present on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells as well as of free merozoites has been widely considered as one of the main areas of research in the development of an antimalarial vaccine due to their involvement in the parasite's pathogenesis and invasion mechanisms. Major advances had been accomplished in this area thanks to the analysis of the reported genomic sequence of P. falciparum, allowing for the identification of genes encoding for putative integral membrane proteins." "This study reports for the first time the transcription of the MAL8P1.3 gene, which...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-05)
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