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ReviewClinical & translational immunology2016

Protective immunity to liver-stage malaria.

Lauren E Holz, Daniel Fernandez-Ruiz, William R Heath

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Review in Clinical & translational immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Malaria: past, present, and future.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  10. The intersection of hostMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024
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  14. Deep learning for microscopic examination of protozoan parasites.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022
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  17. The gut microbiome, immunity, and Plasmodium severity.Current opinion in microbiology · 2020
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  19. Autoimmune Anemia in Malaria.Trends in parasitology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lauren E HolzDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Daniel Fernandez-RuizDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4040-9121
William R HeathDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging · AUPeter Doherty Institute · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of research and recent clinical trials, an efficacious long-lasting preventative vaccine for malaria remains elusive. This parasite infects mammals via mosquito bites, progressing through several stages including the relatively short asymptomatic liver stage followed by the more persistent cyclic blood stage, the latter of which is responsible for all disease symptoms. As the liver acts as a bottleneck to blood-stage infection, it represents a potential site for parasite and disease control. In this review, we discuss immunity to liver-stage malaria. It is hoped that the knowledge gained from animal models of malaria immunity will translate into a more powerful and effective vaccine to reduce this global health problem.

Identifiers

PMID27867517
PMCPMC5099428
OpenAlexW2534429102

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