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ReviewVaccines2019

Enlisting the mRNA Vaccine Platform to Combat Parasitic Infections.

Leroy Versteeg, Mashal M Almutairi, Peter J Hotez, Jeroen Pollet

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Messenger RNA vaccines in the prevention of allergic diseases.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025
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  6. Research progress of mosquito-borne virus mRNA vaccines.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  7. Design and Expression ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Harnessing mRNA technology againstFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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  13. An immunoinformatics approach for design and validation of multi-subunit vaccine againstJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2024
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  19. Human Schistosomiasis Vaccines as Next Generation Control Tools.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Leroy VersteegDepartments of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM113, Houston, TX 77030, USA. leroy.versteeg@bcm.edu.
Mashal M AlmutairiPrince Naif Health Research Center, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. mmalmutairi@KSU.EDU.SA.
Peter J HotezTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
Jeroen PolletDepartments of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM113, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jeroen.pollet@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USInstitute for Advanced Study · USKing Saud University · SAWageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

King Saud University n/aRobert J. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation n/aTexas Children's Hospital n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite medical progress, more than a billion people still suffer daily from parasitic infections. Vaccination is recognized as one of the most sustainable options to control parasitic diseases. However, the development of protective and therapeutic vaccines against tropical parasites has proven to be exceptionally challenging for both scientific and economic reasons. For certain parasitic diseases, traditional vaccine platforms are not well-suited, due to the complexity of the parasite life cycles and the parasite's ability to evade the human immune system. An effective anti-parasite vaccine platform needs to have the ability to develop and test novel candidate antigens fast and at high-throughput; it further needs to allow for multivalent combinations and must evoke a strong and well-defined immune response. Anti-parasitic vaccines need to be safe and economically attractive, especially in the world's low- and middle-income countries. This review evaluates the potential of in vitro transcribed mRNA vaccines as a new class of preventive and therapeutic vaccine technologies for parasitic infections.

Indexed as

CD8+ T cellsmessenger RNAmultivalent vaccinesneglected tropical diseases

Identifiers

PMID31547081
PMCPMC6963228
OpenAlexW2973247378

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Registered trials

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