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Binding to basigin receptor-proximal epitopes was the primary factor governing the potency of RH5-specific antibodies from both natural infection and vaccination, followed by the strength of binding. These results indicate a clear strategy for the development of next-generation RH5 vaccines for use in malaria-endemic regions.","journal":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","year":2023,"id":395197,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9586,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":857996,"name":"Andrew J. R. 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