... merozoite surface protein-1 peptides with short alpha helicalregions are associated with inducing protection against malariaMary H. Torres1*, Luz M. Salazar1*, Magnolia Vanegas1, Fanny Guzman1, ... polymeric peptide analogues, shown in Table 1,to induce humoral immune responses as well as protection against experimental challenge with the P. falciparummalaria parasite.Spleen-intact Aotus ... monkeys, giving complete protection in three of 16 monkeys (18% protective efficacy).Group B (including peptide 23754) had modificationsthat induced high antibody titres without protection. The largest...