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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Leidos, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);
Gabriel M. Gutierrez, Reston, VA (US);
James Pannucci, Reston, VA (US);
Amy Noe, Reston, VA (US);
Steve Chienwen Huang, Reston, VA (US);
Scott Winram, Reston, VA (US);
Annie Xiaoyan Mo, Bethesda, MD (US);
LEIDOS, INC., Reston, VA (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides antibodies that are useful for preventing and/or treating malaria. The epitope to which the antibodies bind is in close proximity to the conserved proteolytic cleavage site ofcircumsporozoite protein (CSP), and the antibodies provided in this disclosure can prevent cleavage and inhibitsporozoites from invading the liver.