A cost/benefit analysis of clinical trial designs for COVID-19 vaccine candidates

DA Berry, S Berry, P Hale, L Isakov, AW Lo, KW Siah… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We compare and contrast the expected duration and number of infections and deaths
averted among several designs for clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including …

Fast and fierce versus slow and smooth: Heterogeneity in immune responses to Plasmodium in the controlled human malaria infection model

XZ Yap, MBB McCall, RW Sauerwein - Immunological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) is an established model in clinical malaria
research. Upon exposure to Plasmodium falciparum parasites, malaria‐naive volunteers …

Haematological response in experimental human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria

SD Woolley, L Marquart, J Woodford, S Chalon… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Malaria-associated anaemia, arising from symptomatic, asymptomatic and
submicroscopic infections, is a significant cause of morbidity worldwide. Induced blood …

A vaccine for human babesiosis: Prospects and feasibility

H Al-Nazal, LM Low, S Kumar, MF Good… - Trends in Parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites. It is a well-
known illness in companion animals and livestock, resulting in substantial economic losses …

First‐in‐human clinical trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of P218, a novel candidate for malaria chemoprotection

MF Chughlay, E Rossignol, C Donini… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This first‐in‐human clinical trial of P218, a novel dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor
antimalarial candidate, assessed safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and food effects in …

A genetically modified Plasmodium berghei parasite as a surrogate for whole-sporozoite vaccination against P. vivax malaria

D Moita, TG Maia, M Duarte, CM Andrade… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Two malaria parasite species, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and P. vivax (Pv) are responsible
for most of the disease burden caused by malaria. Vaccine development against this …

Controlled human infections as a tool to reduce uncertainty in clinical vaccine development

M Roestenberg, IMC Kamerling, SJ De Visser - Frontiers in medicine, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines can be extremely cost-effective public health measures. Unfortunately the research
and development (R&D) of novel vaccines is suffering from rising costs and declining …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria vaccines: facing unknowns

NMQ Palacpac, T Horii - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Much of the gain in malaria control, in terms of regional achievements in restricting
geographical spread and reducing malaria cases and deaths, can be attributed to large …

Decoding the complexities of human malaria through systems immunology

TM Tran, PD Crompton - Immunological reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of the Plasmodium parasite and its life cycle poses a challenge to our
understanding of the host immune response against malaria. Studying human immune …

Plasmodium sporozoites induce regulatory macrophages

BMF Winkel, LR Pelgrom, R van Schuijlenburg… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), like macrophages (Mϕs) and dendritic cells
(DCs), are central players in the induction of natural and vaccine-induced immunity to …