Navigating the immuno-epidemiology of malaria: Potential metrics for surveillance and cluster randomised trials

L Wu - 2018 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
As malaria endemic countries progress towards elimination, accurately measuring
community-level transmission is critical for monitoring control strategies and the design of …

Antibody responses to a suite of novel serological markers for malaria surveillance demonstrate strong correlation with clinical and parasitological infection across …

L Wu, J Mwesigwa, M Affara, M Bah, S Correa, T Hall… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background As malaria transmission declines, sensitive diagnostics are needed to evaluate
interventions and monitor transmission. Serological assays measuring malaria antibody …

Serological evaluation of the effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive vector control to reduce malaria transmission in Zambezi Region …

L Wu, MS Hsiang, LM Prach, L Schrubbe, H Ntuku… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Due to challenges in measuring changes in malaria at low transmission,
serology is increasingly being used to complement clinical and parasitological surveillance …

Serological evaluation of a cluster randomised trial on the use of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive vector control to reduce malaria transmission in …

L Wu, MS Hsiang, LM Prach, L Schrubbe, H Ntuku… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Due to challenges in measuring changes in malaria in low transmission settings, serology is
increasingly being used to complement clinical and parasitological surveillance …

A longitudinal cohort study of malaria exposure and changing serostatus in a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania

RA Simmons, L Mboera, ML Miranda, A Morris… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Measurements of anti-malarial antibodies are increasingly used as a proxy of
transmission intensity. Most serological surveys are based on the use of cross-sectional data …

Distinct antibody signatures associated with different malaria transmission intensities in Zambia and Zimbabwe

T Kobayashi, A Jain, L Liang, JM Obiero… - MSphere, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum are specific biomarkers that can be used to monitor
parasite exposure over broader time frames than microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests, or …

Temporal analysis of IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in relation to changing malaria epidemiology in a West African setting

M Niang, O Niass, N Diagne, FD Sarr, MM Faye, F Diop… - Malaria Journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Coordinated scaled-up malaria control interventions have substantially
contributed to the dramatic decrease of malaria-related morbidity and mortality in several …

[HTML][HTML] Biosignatures of exposure/transmission and immunity

CL King, DH Davies, P Felgner, E Baum… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A blood test that captures cumulative exposure over time and assesses levels of naturally
acquired immunity (NAI) would provide a critical tool to monitor the impact of interventions to …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical approaches for antimalarial antibody responses to confirm historical and recent malaria transmission: an example from the Philippines

MLM Macalinao, KM Fornace, RA Reyes… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Assessing the status of malaria transmission in endemic areas becomes
increasingly challenging as countries approach elimination. Serology can provide robust …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation and standardisation of a multiplex immunoassay of diverse Plasmodium falciparum antigens to assess changes in malaria transmission using …

L Wu, T Hall, I Ssewanyana, T Oulton… - Wellcome open …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Antibody responses have been used to characterise transmission and
exposure history in malaria-endemic settings for over a decade. Such studies have typically …