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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2017
Hokusan Co. Ltd., Kitahiroshima, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
School Juridical Person the Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, JP;
Noriko Tabayashi, Kitahiroshima, JP;
Toru Gotanda, Kitahiroshima, JP;
Hanae Sasaki, Kitahiroshima, JP;
Noriko Itchoda, Kitahiroshima, JP;
Uiko Kagaya, Kitahiroshima, JP;
Takeshi Matsumura, Sapporo, JP;
Akira Ito, Sapporo, JP;
Hiromi Ikadai, Sagamihara, JP;
Hokusan Co., Ltd., Kitahiroshima, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
School Juridical Person The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission-blocking vaccine using an immunogenic protein which is specifically expressed in the oocyst stage of malaria parasites or a peptide fragment thereof, and an oral transmission-blocking vaccine capable of immunizing various animals involved in the malaria infectious cycle with such a vaccine. The present invention relates to a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine for oral administration containing an immunogenic protein derived from malaria parasite which is specifically expressed in the oocyst stage of malaria parasites or a peptide fragment thereof, and a method of blocking the transmission of malaria using the same.