Generation and immunogencity of recombinant proteins containing epitopes of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium vivax expressed as fusion proteins with bacterial anviral proteins.

• Grant number: 10/09360-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2010
• End date: November 30, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Immunology - Applied Immunology
• Principal Investigator: Maurício Martins Rodrigues
• Grantee: Michelle Lopes Ribeiro Guimarães
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/15132-4 - Generation and analyses of the immunogenic properties of recombinant proteins based on the circumsporozoite antigen of Plasmodium vivax aiming at the development of a universal malaria vaccine, AP.TEM