The establishment of a WHO Reference Reagent for anti-malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) human serum

Abstract Background At a World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored meeting it was concluded that there is an urgent need for a reference preparation that contains antibodies against malaria antigens in order to support serology studies and vaccine development. It was proposed that this reference wou...

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Main Authors: Donna Bryan, Nilupa Silva, Peter Rigsby, Thomas Dougall, Patrick Corran, Paul W. Bowyer, Mei Mei Ho, the Collaborative study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1958-x