Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread of the malaria parasites causing
human disease, yet it is comparatively understudied compared with Plasmodium falciparum …

Background. Plasmodium vivax synthesizes the largest number of 36 tryptophan-rich
proteins belonging to the Pv-fam-a family. These parasite proteins need to be characterized …

Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent parasite species causing malaria in humans
living in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. There have been few P. vivax …

Plasmodium vivax is a very common but non-cultivable malaria parasite affecting large
human population in tropical world. To develop therapeutic reagents for this malaria, the …

Background. Tryptophan-rich antigens of malarial parasites have been proposed to be the
potential vaccine candidate antigens. Plasmodium vivax contains the largest number of such …

Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein (PvMSP9) stimulates both cellular and humoral
immune responses in individuals who are naturally infected by this parasite species. To …

Background Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-1 paralog (PvMSP1P) is a
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein expressed on the merozoite surface. This …

Tryptophan‐rich antigens of malarial parasites interact with host molecules and play an
important role in parasite survival. Merozoite expressed Plasmodium vivax tryptophan‐rich …

Tryptophan-rich proteins play important biological functions for the Plasmodium parasite.
Plasmodium vivax contains remarkably large numbers of such proteins belonging to the “Pv …

Need for malaria vaccine necessitates the characterization of potential antigens of the
Plasmodium parasite. Recently, we have identified several Plasmodium vivax tryptophan …