Table 3.

A summary of PBMC proliferative response to PvRON2 T-cell epitopes.

Antigen	HLA-DRB1*	Average response (SI)		p-value
		Exposed individuals	Control group
39153	Universal epitope	3.354 (SE 0.578)	0.935 (SE 0.282)	0.0075**
39152	DRB1*04 DRB1*11	3.052 (SE 1.09)	1.004 (SE 0.198)	0.1751
39047	DRB1*07	3.108 (SE 0.737)	1.156 (SE 0.267)	0.0260*
39154	DRB1*13	3.697 (SE 1.17)	0.888 (SE 0.327)	0.0387*
39115	Low-binding control peptide	2.018 (SE 0.347)	0.87 (SE 0.231)	0.0289*
Parasite lysate	Positive control	3.664 (SE 0.607)	1.474 (SE 0.255)	0.0735

Data regarding individuals exposed to P. vivax infection and control group. (SI, stimulation index; SE, standard error). Mann-Whitney's test and Student's t-test p-values were determined for exposed individuals compared to control group.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.005.