Molecules containing at least one peptide sequence carrying one or several epitopes characteristic of a protein produced by P. falciparum at the sporozoite stage and in the hepatocytes

摘要

The invention relates to a polypeptide which contains at least one peptide sequence carrying one, or more, epitope(s) characteristic of a protein produced at the sporozoite stage and in hepatocytes infected with P. falciparum, this sequence comprising a succession of 10 amino acids to the maximum number of amino acids of the following peptide arrangement; Glu-Phe-Arg-Val-Ser-Thr-Ser-Asp-Thr-Pro-Gly-Gly-Asn-Glu-Ser-Ser-Ser- Ala-Phe-Pro-Gln-Phe-Ile-Trp-Ser-Ala-Glu-Lys-Lys-Asp-Glu-Lys-Glu-Ala- Ser-Glu-Gln-Gly-Glu-Glu-Ser-His-Lys-Lys-Glu-Asn-Ser-Gln-Glu-Ser-Ala- Asn-Gly-Lys-Asp-Asp-Val-Lys-Glu-Glu-Lys-Lys-Thr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Lys-Asp- Asp-Gly-Lys-Thr-Asp-Lys-Val-Gln-Glu-Lys-Val-Leu-Glu-Lys-Ser-Pro-Lys- Glu-Phe. It also relates to the use of these polypeptides, as well as of the nucleotide sequences coding for these polypeptides, in methods for in vitro diagnosis of malaria on a biological sample originating from the individual in whom the disease is to be detected.