The immunology of Plasmodium vivax malaria

LR Antonelli, C Junqueira, JM Vinetz… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmodium vivax infection, the predominant cause of malaria in Asia and Latin America,
affects~ 14 million individuals annually, with considerable adverse effects on wellbeing and …

Insights into the naturally acquired immune response to Plasmodium vivax malaria

RJ Longley, J Sattabongkot, IVO Mueller - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread of the malaria parasites causing
human disease, yet it is comparatively understudied compared with Plasmodium falciparum …

Erythrocyte Binding Activity Displayed by a Selective Group of Plasmodium vivax Tryptophan Rich Antigens Is Inhibited by Patients' Antibodies

RK Tyagi, YD Sharma - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Presence of Memory T Cells and Naturally Acquired Antibodies in Plasmodium vivax Malaria-Exposed Individuals Against a Group of Tryptophan-Rich Antigens With …

M Zeeshan, H Bora, YD Sharma - The Journal of infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Host–parasite interaction: multiple sites in the Plasmodium vivax tryptophan‐rich antigen PvTRAg38 interact with the erythrocyte receptor band 3

MS Alam, S Rathore, RK Tyagi, YD Sharma - FEBS letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tryptophan‐rich antigens of malarial parasites interact with host molecules and play an
important role in parasite survival. Merozoite expressed Plasmodium vivax tryptophan‐rich …

Plasmodium vivax Pv12 B-cell epitopes and HLA-DRβ1*-dependent T-cell epitopes in vitro antigenicity

Y Yepes-Pérez, C López, CF Suárez, MA Patarroyo - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by parasites from the genus Plasmodium (P.
falciparum and P. vivax are responsible for 90% of all clinical cases); it is widely distributed …

Naturally-Acquired Immune Response against Plasmodium vivax Rhoptry-Associated Membrane Antigen

S Changrob, B Wang, JH Han, SK Lee, MH Nyunt… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Rhoptry-associated membrane antigen (RAMA) is an abundant glycophosphatidylinositol
(GPI)-anchored protein that is embedded within the lipid bilayer and is implicated in parasite …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium vivax: immunological properties of tryptophan-rich antigens PvTRAg 35.2 and PvTRAg 80.6

P Mittra, N Singh, YD Sharma - Microbes and infection, 2010 - Elsevier
Need for malaria vaccine necessitates the characterization of potential antigens of the
Plasmodium parasite. Recently, we have identified several Plasmodium vivax tryptophan …

Plasmodium vivax Tryptophan-Rich Antigen PvTRAg33.5 Contains Alpha Helical Structure and Multidomain Architecture

H Bora, S Garg, P Sen, D Kumar, P Kaur, RH Khan… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Tryptophan-rich proteins from several malarial parasites have been identified where they
play an important role in host-parasite interaction. Structural characterization of these …

Sequence polymorphisms of Plasmodium vivax tryptophan and alanine rich antigen (PvTARAg55)

JW Jang, SG Yun, MK Woo, ET Han, F Lu, Q Gao… - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Since PvTARAg55 protein (PvTARAg55) of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) is
expressed during the parasite's sporozoite stage, it was strongly suggested, as a potential …