Monoclonal antibodies to a continuous and cross-reactive epitope and an isolated protein of a sexual stage of P. falciparum +B

摘要

Monoclonal antibodies which recognize a continuous epitope in the sexual stages of P. falciparum. The epitope so recognized has the following amino acid sequence: Met-Ser-Lys-Val-Gln-Lys-Asp-Ser-Ala-Lys- Pro-Leu-Asp-Lys-Phe-Gly-Asn-Ile-Tyr-Asp Malaria vaccines based on this epitope are also disclosed.