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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Carter, Kensington, MD (US);
Louis H Miller, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C12N / ; A61K / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436542 ; 435 68 ; 435240 ; 436548 ; 424 85 ; 935104 ; 935107 ; 935110 ;
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies have been developed that bind with one or more proteins located on the surface of gametes or zygotes of malaria parasites. These antibodies are specific for antigens on mosquito midgut stages of malaria parasite and sterilize the parasites in mosquitoes otherwise capable of transmitting the disease. The monoclonal antibodies are specific for the 255, 59 and 53 kilodalton surface proteins on Plasmodium falciparum and for the 25 kilodalton surface protein on zygotes and ookinetes of Plasmodium gallinaceum.