Advances in nanomaterial vaccine strategies to address infectious diseases impacting global health

CN Fries, EJ Curvino, JL Chen, SR Permar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the overwhelming success of vaccines in preventing infectious diseases, there
remain numerous globally devastating diseases without fully protective vaccines, particularly …

Immunity against sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites

RM de Jong, SK Tebeje… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient spread of malaria from infected humans to mosquitoes is a major challenge for
malaria elimination initiatives. Gametocytes are the only Plasmodium life stage infectious to …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccination with a structure-based stabilized version of malarial antigen Pfs48/45 elicits ultra-potent transmission-blocking antibody responses

B McLeod, MT Mabrouk, K Miura, R Ravichandran… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) aim to elicit human antibodies that inhibit
sporogonic development of Plasmodium falciparum in mosquitoes, thereby preventing …

mRNA-LNP expressing PfCSP and Pfs25 vaccine candidates targeting infection and transmission of Plasmodium falciparum

CTH Hayashi, Y Cao, LC Clark, AK Tripathi, F Zavala… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Malaria is a deadly disease responsible for between 550,000 and 627,000 deaths annually.
There is a pressing need to develop vaccines focused on malaria elimination. The complex …

Malaria therapeutics: are we close enough?

H Tripathi, P Bhalerao, S Singh, H Arya, BS Alotaibi… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Malaria is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite
Plasmodium. Malaria is a significant health problem and the leading cause of …

A critical review on human malaria and schistosomiasis vaccines: current state, recent advancements, and developments

AJ Siddiqui, J Bhardwaj, J Saxena, S Jahan, M Snoussi… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic diseases that remain leading causes of
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Co-infections of these two parasites are common in the …

Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: new tools for malaria control

K Miura, Y Flores-Garcia, CA Long… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria remains one of the biggest health problems in the world. While significant reductions
in malaria morbidity and mortality had been achieved from 2000 to 2015, the favorable trend …

Nanoparticle and virus-like particle vaccine approaches against SARS-CoV-2

C Kim, JD Kim, SU Seo - Journal of Microbiology, 2022 - Springer
The global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has provoked an urgent need for …

Vectored immunotherapeutics for infectious diseases: Can rAAVs be the game changers for fighting transmissible pathogens?

W Zhan, M Muhuri, PWL Tai, G Gao - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Conventional vaccinations and immunotherapies have encountered major roadblocks in
preventing infectious diseases like HIV, influenza, and malaria. These challenges are due to …

In vivo assembly of nanoparticles achieved through synergy of structure‐based protein engineering and synthetic DNA generates enhanced adaptive immunity

Z Xu, MC Wise, N Chokkalingam, S Walker… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnologies are considered to be of growing importance to the vaccine field. Through
decoration of immunogens on multivalent nanoparticles, designed nanovaccines can elicit …