Figure 2From: Towards a comprehensive Plasmodium falciparum merozoite cell surface and secreted recombinant protein libraryThe merozoite recombinant proteins are immunoreactive against hyperimmune sera. The immunoreactivity of the recombinant P. falciparum merozoite proteins was tested using pooled sera from malaria-exposed Malawian adults (red bar) or malaria-naïve adults (green bar). The reduced immunoreactivity of immune sera to heat-denatured antigens (blue bar) demonstrates the presence of heat-labile (conformational) epitopes. All proteins except one (MSRP4) were identified as being immunoreactive as assessed by immunoreactivity >3 SD above negative control (green bar). AMA-1 and Cd4 were used as the positive and negative control, respectively. Data points are shown as mean ± s.d.; n = 3.Back to article page