Patents Assigned to The USA, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army,on Behalf of the Walter Reed
  • PLASMODIUM LIVER STAGE ANTIGENS
    Publication number: 20100166794
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated liver stage Plasmodium polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-48 and immunogenic derivatives thereof. The invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the liver stage Plasmodium polypeptides of the invention, compositions comprising one or more liver stage Plasmodium polypeptides of the invention, methods for inducing an immune response against the liver stage Plasmodium polypeptides, and methods for treating and diagnosing liver stage malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, The USA, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army,on Behalf of the Walter Reed, Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation, d/b/a Drexel University College of Medicine "DUCOM"
    Inventors: Patrick Duffy, Stefan H.I. Kappe, Urszula Krzych, Donald G. Heppner, JR., Lawrence W. Bergman, Vladislav A. Malkov, Alice Tarun, Jason W. Wendler, Igor Bacik