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ReviewCommunications medicine2023

Modelling to inform next-generation medical interventions for malaria prevention and treatment.

Narimane Nekkab, Josephine Malinga, Lydia Braunack-Mayer, Sherrie L Kelly, R Scott Miller, Melissa A Penny

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Review in Communications medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Heterogeneous mosquito exposure increasesProceedings. Biological sciences · 2024
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Narimane NekkabSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Josephine Malinga *Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Lydia Braunack-Mayer *Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Sherrie L KellySwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-5586
R Scott MillerGates Medical Research Institute, Cambridge, USA.
Melissa A PennySwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland. melissa.penny@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-593X
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHGates (United States) · US

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-002562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global progress against malaria has stagnated and novel medical interventions to prevent malaria are needed to fill gaps in existing tools and improve protection against infection and disease. Candidate selection for next-generation interventions should be supported by the best available evidence. Target product profiles and preferred product characteristics play a key role in setting selection criteria requirements and early endorsement by health authorities. While clinical evidence and expert opinion often inform product development decisions, integrating modelling evidence early and iteratively into this process provides an opportunity to link product characteristics with expected public health outcomes. Population models of malaria transmission can provide a better understanding of which, and at what magnitude, key intervention characteristics drive public health impact, and provide quantitative evidence to support selection of use-cases, transmission settings, and deployment strategies. We describe how modelling evidence can guide and accelerate development of new malaria vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and chemoprevention.

Identifiers

PMID36966272
PMCPMC10039673
OpenAlexW4360949500

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Registered trials

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