Naturally Acquired Humoral Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

SJ Gonzales, RA Reyes, AE Braddom… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, with around 40% of
the world's population at risk of Plasmodium infections. The development of an effective …

Challenges and strategies for developing efficacious and long-lasting malaria vaccines

JG Beeson, L Kurtovic, C Dobaño, DH Opi… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Although there has been major recent progress in malaria vaccine development, substantial
challenges remain for achieving highly efficacious and durable vaccines against …

Immunogenicity of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised …

MT White, R Verity, JT Griffin, KP Asante… - The Lancet infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine targets the circumsporozoite
protein, inducing antibodies associated with the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum …

Multiplex assays for the identification of serological signatures of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an antibody-based diagnostic and machine learning study

J Rosado, S Pelleau, C Cockram, SH Merkling… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
induces an antibody response targeting multiple antigens that changes over time. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Public health impact and cost-effectiveness of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a systematic comparison of predictions from four mathematical models

MA Penny, R Verity, CA Bever, C Sauboin… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The phase 3 trial of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate showed
modest efficacy of the vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but was not powered …

Development and validation of serological markers for detecting recent Plasmodium vivax infection

RJ Longley, MT White, E Takashima, J Brewster… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
A major gap in the Plasmodium vivax elimination toolkit is the identification of individuals
carrying clinically silent and undetectable liver-stage parasites, called hypnozoites. This …

Immunity to malaria in an era of declining malaria transmission

FJI Fowkes, P Boeuf, JG Beeson - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
With increasing malaria control and goals of malaria elimination, many endemic areas are
transitioning from high-to-low-to-no malaria transmission. Reductions in transmission will …

Kinetics of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody response and serological estimation of time since infection

S Pelleau, T Woudenberg, J Rosado… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
induces a complex antibody response that varies by orders of magnitude between …

Asymptomatic malaria infection is maintained by a balanced pro-and anti-inflammatory response

A Frimpong, J Amponsah, AS Adjokatseh… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines are important mediators of immunity and
are associated with malaria disease outcomes. However, their role in the establishment of …

SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ T cells are associated with long-term persistence of neutralizing antibodies

Z Wang, X Yang, X Mei, Y Zhou, Z Tang, G Li… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the decay and maintenance of long-term SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing
antibodies in infected or vaccinated people and how vaccines protect against other SARS …