Recombinant P. falciparum MSP-2

Product Overview

Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum MSP-2 Antigen

Nature

Recombinant

Tag/Conjugate

Unconjugated

Purity

> 90%

Concentration

2.71 mg/mL

Preservative

None

Storage

2-8°C short term, -20°C long term

Introduction

The most deadly of the four Plasmodium species that cause human malaria is the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium falciparum is a protozoan parasite, one of the species of Plasmodium that cause malaria in humans. It is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito. P. falciparum is the most dangerous of these infections as P. falciparum (or malignant) malaria has the highest rates of complications and mortality. As of 2006 it accounted for 91% of all 247 million human malarial infections (98% in Africa) and 90% of the deaths. It is more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions of the world; in most African countries, more than 75% of cases were due to P.falciparum, whereas in most other countries with malaria transmission, other Plasmodial species predominate

Keywords

P. falciparum; Plasmodium; Plasmodiidae; Plasmodium falciparum