Abstract: This invention relates to a novel protein capable of inducing an immune response protective against human malarial infection caused by Plasmodium falciparum, and to the cloning and expression of a gene encoding the said protein. The invention further relates to novel vaccines comprising the said protein and to their use in the vaccination of humans at risk from malaria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 1995
Date of Patent:
August 25, 1998
Assignee:
University of Nijmegan
Inventors:
Johannes Gerardus Ghislain Schoenmakers, Rudolph Nicholaas Hendrik Konings, Inge Irma Maria Dominique Moelans
Abstract: A DNA encoding a 16 kD protein capable of inducing an immune response protective against human malarial infection caused by Plasmodium falciparum, and to the cloning and expression of a gene encoding the said protein. The invention further relates to novel vaccines comprising the said protein and to their use in the vaccination of humans at risk from malaria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 1995
Date of Patent:
August 25, 1998
Assignee:
University of Nijmegan
Inventors:
Johannes Geradus Ghislain Schoenmakers, Rudolph Nicolaas Hendrik Konings, Inge Irma Maria Dominique Moelans