A genetically engineered Plasmodium falciparum parasite vaccine provides protection from controlled human malaria infection

SC Murphy, AM Vaughan, JG Kublin… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Genetically engineered live Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites constitute a potential
platform for creating consistently attenuated, genetically defined, whole-parasite vaccines …

A next-generation genetically attenuated Plasmodium falciparum parasite created by triple gene deletion

SA Mikolajczak, V Lakshmanan, M Fishbaugher… - Molecular therapy, 2014 - cell.com
Immunization with live-attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites completely protects against
malaria infection. Genetic engineering offers a versatile platform to create live-attenuated …

Complete attenuation of genetically engineered Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites in human subjects

JG Kublin, SA Mikolajczak, BK Sack… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Immunization of humans with whole sporozoites confers complete, sterilizing immunity
against malaria infection. However, achieving consistent safety while maintaining …

First-in-human evaluation of genetically attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites administered by bite of Anopheles mosquitoes to adult volunteers

M Spring, J Murphy, R Nielsen, M Dowler, JW Bennett… - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Immunization with genetically engineered, attenuated malaria parasites (GAP)
that arrest during liver infection confers sterile protection in mouse malaria models. A first …

A double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1/2a trial of the genetically attenuated malaria vaccine PfSPZ-GA1

M Roestenberg, J Walk, SC van der Boor… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Immunization with attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites can induce protection against
malaria infection, as shown by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites attenuated by …

Genetic engineering of attenuated malaria parasites for vaccination

SM Khan, CJ Janse, SHI Kappe… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Vaccination with live-attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites that arrest in the liver can
completely protect against a malaria infection both in animal models and in humans; this has …

Preerythrocytic, live-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidates by design

KM VanBuskirk, MT O'Neill… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Falciparum malaria is initiated when Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the Plasmodium
sporozoite stage during a blood meal. Irradiated sporozoites confer sterile protection against …

Attenuated PfSPZ Vaccine induces strain-transcending T cells and durable protection against heterologous controlled human malaria infection

KE Lyke, AS Ishizuka, AA Berry… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A live-attenuated malaria vaccine, Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite vaccine (PfSPZ
Vaccine), confers sterile protection against controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) with …

Heterologous protection against malaria by a simple chemoattenuated PfSPZ vaccine regimen in a randomized trial

Z Sulyok, R Fendel, B Eder, FR Lorenz, N Kc… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Immunization with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites under
chemoprophylaxis (PfSPZ-CVac) is the most efficacious approach to malaria vaccination …

Heterologous Protection against Malaria after Immunization with Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites

R Schats, EM Bijker, GJ van Gemert, W Graumans… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Sterile protection in> 90% of volunteers against homologous Plasmodium
falciparum infection has been achieved only using the controlled human malaria infection …