Previous Malaria Exposures and Immune Dysregulation: Developing Strategies To Improve Malaria Vaccine Efficacy in Young Children.

KR Dobbs, HE Atieli, C Valim… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - europepmc.org
After several decades in development, two malaria vaccines based on the same antigen and
with very similar constructs and adjuvants, RTS, S/AS01 (RTS, S) and R21/Matrix-M (R21) …

Distinct helper T cell type 1 and 2 responses associated with malaria protection and risk in RTS, S/AS01E vaccinees

G Moncunill, M Mpina, AJ Nhabomba… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The RTS, S/AS01E malaria vaccine has moderate efficacy, lower in
infants than children. Current efforts to enhance RTS, S/AS01E efficacy would benefit from …

[HTML][HTML] Induction, decay, and determinants of functional antibodies following vaccination with the RTS, S malaria vaccine in young children

G Feng, L Kurtovic, PA Agius, EH Aitken, J Sacarlal… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background RTS, S is the first malaria vaccine recommended for implementation among
young children at risk. However, vaccine efficacy is modest and short-lived. Antibodies play …

The effect of the RTS, S/AS01E vaccine booster dose on cell-mediated immune responses in African infants and children

G Moncunill, R Mitchell, D Macià, C Jairoce, M Mpina… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Abstract RTS, S/AS01E, the first approved malaria vaccine, demonstrated moderate efficacy
during the phase 3 pediatric trial. We previously investigated cell-mediated immune (CMI) …

[HTML][HTML] A phase 3 trial of RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants

RTS, S Clinical Trials Partnership - New England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The candidate malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS01 reduced episodes of both clinical
and severe malaria in children 5 to 17 months of age by approximately 50% in an ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into long-lasting protection induced by RTS, S/AS02A malaria vaccine: further results from a phase IIb trial in Mozambican children

C Guinovart, JJ Aponte, J Sacarlal, P Aide, A Leach… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS02A has shown to confer
protection against clinical malaria for at least 21 months in a trial in Mozambican children …

Immune Responses to the RTS, S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine Candidate: Lessons from Human Immunology, Parasitologic and Clinical Evaluations

J Vekemans - Malaria: Immune Response to Infection and …, 2017 - Springer
Chapter Summary RTS, S/AS01 is a preerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine
that has received a positive European Medicines Agency scientific opinion upon regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Seven-year efficacy of RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine among young African children

A Olotu, G Fegan, J Wambua… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The candidate malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS01 is being evaluated in order to
inform a decision regarding its inclusion in routine vaccination schedules. Methods We …

[HTML][HTML] First results of phase 3 trial of RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children

RTS, S Clinical Trials Partnership - New England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background An ongoing phase 3 study of the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of
candidate malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS01 is being conducted in seven African countries …

Malaria vaccines: Evaluation and implementation

B Greenwood - Acta tropica, 2005 - Elsevier
Development of an effective malaria vaccine that could be deployed widely in endemic
areas has proved to be more difficult than was anticipated, when the first clinical trials of …