MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Functional analysis of novel microneme proteins from Plasmodium vivax blood stages identifies vaccine candidates
Arunaditya Deshmukh, Francisco José Martínez Martínez, Pailene S. Lim…·Chetan E. Chitnis
The paper identifies and characterizes two novel Plasmodium vivax merozoite proteins, PvMP45 and PvMP36, which bind reticulocyte receptors and are targets of protective antibodies, suggesting their potential as vaccine candidates.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.07.743484