NOVEL MALARIAL SPOROZOITE PEPTIDE ANTIGENS

摘要

The present invention relates to novel malarial sporozoite peptide antigens and DNA sequences coding therefor. The antigenic proteins are located on the surface of either Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites or Plasmodium berghei sporozoites, and have molecular weights of 42 kilodaltons and 54 kilodaltons. P. falciparum antisera cross-reacts with the antigenic proteins or P. berghei sporozoites and P. berghei antisera cross-reacts with the antigenic proteins or P. falciparum sporozoites.