Ehime University

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

Takafumi Tsuboi

Eun-Taek Han

Akihisa Fukushima

Eizo Takashima

Hikaru Nagaoka

The present invention relates to a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from:

Malaria vaccine

The present invention provides an easy and rapid method for detecting/identifying the presence or absence of specificparasites and four species of malaria parasites in a human specimen, an anti-malaria measure support system, and a malaria infection-prevention/treatment system, which can contribute to practical diagnosis in a malaria endemic area. According to the present invention, using a genus-specific primer set that can detect fourparasites that infect humans at a time, and the primer sets each specific to each of four species ofparasites (, and), the presence or absence of infection with these parasites can be detected/identified easily and rapidly.

Primers for detecting plasmodium

The present invention provides an easy and rapid method for detecting/identifying the presence or absence of specificparasites and four species of malaria parasites in a human specimen, an anti-malaria measure support system, and a malaria infection-prevention/treatment system, which can contribute to practical diagnosis in a malaria endemic area. According to the present invention, using a genus-specific primer set that can detect four Plasmodium parasites that infect humans at a time, and the primer sets each specific to each of four species ofparasites (, and), the presence or absence of infection with these parasites can be detected/identified easily and rapidly.

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Matsuyama, Japan

Takafumi Tsuboi