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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2015

Paths to a malaria vaccine illuminated by parasite genomics.

David J Conway

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genome-Wide Analysis of the Malaria ParasiteFrontiers in immunology · 2020
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  2. Cells · 2025
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  3. Malaria Genomics, Vaccine Development, and Microbiome.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  11. Hydroxychloroquine and Covid-19: A Cellular and Molecular Biology Based Update.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2020
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  13. Host-Malaria Parasite Interactions and Impacts on Mutual Evolution.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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  16. Immune Responses to the Sexual Stages ofFrontiers in immunology · 2019
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  17. Genetic approach towards a vaccine against malaria.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2018
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  18. Evolution of human malaria.Nature microbiology · 2018
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  19. Synergistic malaria vaccine combinations identified by systematic antigen screening.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David J ConwayPathogen Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: david.conway@lshtm.ac.uk.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

European Research Council 294428Medical Research Council G1100123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More human death and disease is caused by malaria parasites than by all other eukaryotic pathogens combined. As early as the sequencing of the first human genome, malaria parasite genomics was prioritized to fuel the discovery of vaccine candidate antigens. This stimulated increased research on malaria, generating new understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity. This review of recent developments illustrates how new approaches in parasite genomics, and increasingly large amounts of data from population studies, are helping to identify antigens that are promising lead targets. Although these results have been encouraging, effective discovery and characterization need to be coupled with more innovation and funding to translate findings into newly designed vaccine products for clinical trials.

Indexed as

GenomicsMalaria VaccinesAnimalsAntigens, ProtozoanHumansMalariaParasitesVaccinationAntigens, ProtozoanMalaria Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID25620796
PMCPMC4359294
OpenAlexW1966001164

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