Malaria vaccines since 2000: progress, priorities, products

PE Duffy, J Patrick Gorres - npj Vaccines, 2020 - nature.com
Malaria vaccine development entered a new era in 2015 when the pre-erythrocytic
Plasmodium falciparum candidate RTS, S was favorably reviewed by the European …

Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: new tools for malaria control

K Miura, Y Flores-Garcia, CA Long… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Malaria remains one of the biggest health problems in the world. While significant reductions
in malaria morbidity and mortality had been achieved from 2000 to 2015, the favorable trend …

Vaccination with Plasmodium vivax Duffy-binding protein inhibits parasite growth during controlled human malaria infection

MM Hou, JR Barrett, Y Themistocleous… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
There are no licensed vaccines against Plasmodium vivax. We conducted two phase 1/2a
clinical trials to assess two vaccines targeting P. vivax Duffy-binding protein region II …

Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 identifies a potent vaccine-induced human public antibody clonotype

JR Barrett, D Pipini, ND Wright, AJR Cooper, G Gorini… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The highly conserved and essential Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte-binding protein
homolog 5 (PfRH5) has emerged as the leading target for vaccines against the disease …

Host-parasite interactions during Plasmodium infection: Implications for immunotherapies

P Chandley, R Ranjan, S Kumar, S Rohatgi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is a global infectious disease that remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
in the develo** world. Multiple environmental and host and parasite factors govern the …

Plasmodium vivax vaccine: What is the best way to go?

GTS Veiga, MR Moriggi, JF Vettorazzi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is one of the most devastating human infectious diseases caused by Plasmodium
spp. parasites. A search for an effective and safe vaccine is the main challenge for its …

Structure-guided design of VAR2CSA-based immunogens and a cocktail strategy for a placental malaria vaccine

R Ma, ND Salinas, S Orr-Gonzalez… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Placental accumulation of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes results in maternal
anemia, low birth weight, and pregnancy loss. The parasite protein VAR2CSA facilitates the …

The immunology of Plasmodium vivax malaria

LR Antonelli, C Junqueira, JM Vinetz… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmodium vivax infection, the predominant cause of malaria in Asia and Latin America,
affects~ 14 million individuals annually, with considerable adverse effects on wellbeing and …

Monoclonal antibodies for malaria prevention

M Aleshnick, M Florez-Cuadros, T Martinson… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific proteins that are cloned from a single B cell and
bind to a single epitope on a pathogen. These laboratory-made molecules can serve as …

Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Proteins for invasion into reticulocytes

LJ Chan, MH Dietrich, W Nguitragool… - Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmodium vivax is responsible for most of the malaria infections outside Africa and is
currently the predominant malaria parasite in countries under elimination programs. P. vivax …