Immunological relationship of Plasmodium inui with two other quartan malaria parasites, P. malariae and P. brasilianum.
A series of monoclonal antibodies was produced against sporozoites of the OS strain of Plasmodium inui, a simian quartan malaria parasite, and used to characterize the circumsporozoite protein of this parasite. The results confirm that the immunodominant epitope of the circumsporozoite protein of P. inui is immunologically distinct from those of 2 other quartan parasites, the human P. malariae and simian P. brasilianum, which are identical.
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Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10010.
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas; D007118:Immunoassay; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000276:immunology*; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000276:immunology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D013045:Species Specificity
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000939:Epitopes; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan