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Table 2 Protection of immunised mice against P. berghei ANKA WT challenge

From: Zinc finger nuclease-based double-strand breaks attenuate malaria parasites and reveal rare microhomology-mediated end joining

Parasite line

Sporozoite dose i.v. for immunisation

Number of boosts

Mice positive after WT challenge

Prepatency after challenge (days)

SpZFN

10,000

2

0/4

NA

SpZFN

25,000

2

0/18

NA

Sp2ZFN

25,000

2

2/4

5.5

Sp2ZFN

10,000

2

1/4

7

Ls2ZFN

25,000

2

0/7

NA

Ls2ZFN

250,000

0

4/4

5.5