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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Choukri Ben Mamoun, Farmington, CT (US);
Kamal El Bissati, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Choukri Ben Mamoun, Farmington, CT (US);
Kamal El Bissati, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a malaria vaccine for administration to a host comprising an attenuated malarial parasite with a gene which has been rendered non-functional, wherein the gene, when present in naturally occurring form, encodes a protein necessary for continued in vivo survival and proliferation of the parasite and for infection of host red blood cells. The invention further relates to a malaria vaccine in which a gene that encodes a nutrient transporter protein has been rendered non-functional.