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ReviewTrends in parasitology2023

Designing an effective malaria vaccine targeting Plasmodium vivax Duffy-binding protein.

Thayne H Dickey, Niraj H Tolia

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Human genetic variations conferring resistance to malaria.Journal of translational medicine · 2025
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  5. DoTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thayne H DickeyLaboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Niraj H ToliaLaboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Electronic address: niraj.tolia@nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Structural characterization of host-pathogen interactionsZIAAI001237 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI TOLIA, NIRAJ · 2018 to 2025
$6.6M
Structural vaccinology for malariaZIAAI001253 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI TOLIA, NIRAJ · 2019 to 2025
$4.9M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite is a major global health burden. Immunity against blood-stage infection reduces parasitemia and disease severity. Duffy-binding protein (DBP) is the primary parasite protein responsible for the invasion of red blood cells and it is a leading subunit vaccine candidate. An effective vaccine, however, is still lacking despite decades of interest in DBP as a vaccine candidate. This review discusses the reasons for targeting DBP, the challenges associated with developing a vaccine, and modern structural vaccinology methods that could be used to create an effective DBP vaccine. Next-generation DBP vaccines have the potential to elicit a broadly protective immune response and provide durable and potent protection from P. vivax malaria.

Indexed as

Malaria VaccinesMalaria, VivaxErythrocytesHumansParasitemiaPlasmodium vivaxMalaria Vaccinesblood-stage vaccinebroadly neutralizingDuffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC)Duffy-binding protein (DBP)immunogenstructural vaccinology

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PMID37481347
PMCPMC11099547
OpenAlexW4385076948

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