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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

The Development of Whole Sporozoite Vaccines for

Leslie S Itsara, Yaxian Zhou, Julie Do, Alexis M Grieser, Ashley M Vaughan, Anil K Ghosh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Leslie S ItsaraMalarVx, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.
Yaxian ZhouMalarVx, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.
Julie DoMalarVx, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.
Alexis M GrieserMalarVx, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.
Ashley M VaughanSeattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
Anil K GhoshMalarVx, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each year malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people and infects hundreds of millions of people despite current control measures. An effective malaria vaccine will likely be necessary to aid in malaria eradication. Vaccination using whole sporozoites provides an increased repertoire of immunogens compared to subunit vaccines across at least two life cycle stages of the parasite, the extracellular sporozoite, and intracellular liver stage. Three potential whole sporozoite vaccine approaches are under development and include genetically attenuated parasites, radiation attenuated sporozoites, and wild-type sporozoites administered in combination with chemoprophylaxis. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have demonstrated whole sporozoite vaccine immunogenicity, including humoral and cellular immunity and a range of vaccine efficacy that depends on the pre-exposure of vaccinated individuals. While whole sporozoite vaccines can provide protection against malaria in some cases, more recent studies in malaria-endemic regions demonstrate the need for improvements. Moreover, challenges remain in manufacturing large quantities of sporozoites for vaccine commercialization. A promising solution to the whole sporozoite manufacturing challenge is

Indexed as

Immunogenicity, VaccineHumansMalaria, FalciparumMalaria VaccinesPlasmodium falciparumSporozoitesMalaria Vaccinesgenetically attenuated parasitein vitro culturingmalariaPlasmodium falciparumradiation attenuated sporozoitewhole sporozoite vaccines

Identifiers

PMID30619241
PMCPMC6297750
OpenAlexW2903986960

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