Patent ID: 7811569

Claim:
A purified human antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, specific for the Merozoite Surface Protein-3 (MSP-3) antigen of Plasmodium falciparum , wherein the antibody comprises: a) a heavy chain with Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) having the amino acid sequences: SYAMH, which corresponds to amino acid residues 31-35 of SEQ ID NO: 1; VISYDGSNKYYADSVKG, which corresponds to amino acid residues 50-66 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and GASS which corresponds to amino acid residues 99-102 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and b) a light chain with CDRs having amino the amino sequences: RASQSISSWLA, which corresponds to amino acid residues 24-34 of SEQ ID NO: 2; KASSLES, which corresponds to amino acid residues 50-56 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and QQYKSFPYT, which corresponds to amino acid residues 89-97 of SEQ ID NO: 2.