Malaria accounts for an enormous burden of disease globally, with Plasmodium falciparum accounting for the majority of malaria, and P. vivax being a second important cause …
Background Development of an effective vaccine against the pathogenic blood-stage infection of human malaria has proved challenging, and no candidate vaccine has affected …
RA Seder, LJ Chang, ME Enama, KL Zephir… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Consistent, high-level, vaccine-induced protection against human malaria has only been achieved by inoculation of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) by mosquito bites …
L Swadling, S Capone, RD Antrobus, A Brown… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
A protective vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains an unmet clinical need. HCV infects millions of people worldwide and is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis and …
DA Stanley, AN Honko, C Asiedu, JC Trefry… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Ebolavirus disease causes high mortality, and the current outbreak has spread unabated through West Africa. Human adenovirus type 5 vectors (rAd5) encoding ebolavirus …
KA Collins, R Snaith, MG Cottingham, SC Gilbert… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The leading malaria vaccine in development is the circumsporozoite protein (CSP)-based particle vaccine, RTS, S, which targets the pre-erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum …
K Ewer, T Rampling, N Venkatraman… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The West African outbreak of Ebola virus disease that peaked in 2014 has caused more than 11,000 deaths. The development of an effective Ebola vaccine is a priority …
In 2013 there were an estimated 584,000 deaths and 198 million clinical illnesses due to malaria, the majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Vaccines would be the ideal addition to the …
Highlights•Safety and potency of simian adenovirus vectors is now well established, most recently in infants.•Viral vectored vaccines are effective against malaria and Ebola in field …