| prevalence of antibodies to the repeat epitope of the circumsporozoite protein of plasmodium vivax in san luis potosi, mexico. | the prevalence of antibodies against the repeat epitope of the circumsporozoite protein (cs) of the standard (pv210) and variant (pvk247) strain of plasmodium vivax was determined by elisa in 1170 sera from individual residents of seven localities of the region huasteca of san luis potosi, mexico. the capture antigens were the synthetic peptides ddaad and (angagnqpg) that correspond to the repeats of the pv210 and pvk247 cs proteins, respectively. of the analyzed serum samples, 34.1% (400/1170) ... | 1996 | 8696070 |