Cross-species reactivity of antibodies against Plasmodium vivax blood-stage antigens to Plasmodium knowlesi

• Main Authors: Muh, Fauzi, Kim, Namhyeok, Nyunt, Myat Htut, Firdaus, Egy Rahman, Han, Jin-Hee, Hoque, Mohammad Rafiul, Lee, Seong-Kyun, Park, Ji-Hoon, Moon, Robert W., Lau, Yee Ling, Kaneko, Osamu, Han, Eun-Taek
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); Diseases, treatment, etc
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36663/

Malaria is caused by multiple different species of protozoan parasites, and interventions in the pre-elimination phase can lead to drastic changes in the proportion of each species causing malaria. In endemic areas, cross-reactivity may play an important role in the protection and blocking transmiss...