Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria

TL Richie, LWP Church, T Murshedkar… - Expert review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Malaria, a devastating febrile illness caused by protozoan parasites, sickened
247,000,000 people in 2021 and killed 619,000, mostly children and pregnant women in …

Cell biology and immunology of malaria

JC Hafalla, O Silvie, K Matuschewski - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is a vector‐borne infectious disease caused by unicellular parasites of the genus
Plasmodium. These obligate intracellular parasites have the unique capacity to infect and …

An Intensive Longitudinal Cohort Study of Malian Children and Adults Reveals No Evidence of Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Infection

TM Tran, S Li, S Doumbo, D Doumtabe… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background In experimental models of human and mouse malaria, sterilizing liver stage
immunity that blocks progression of Plasmodium infection to the symptomatic blood stage …

Impact of sickle cell trait and naturally acquired immunity on uncomplicated malaria after controlled human malaria infection in adults in Gabon

B Lell, B Mordmüller, JCD Agobe… - … American journal of …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) by direct venous inoculation (DVI) with 3,200
cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ) consistently leads to parasitemia …

Innate immunity induced by Plasmodium liver infection inhibits malaria reinfections

P Liehl, P Meireles, IS Albuquerque… - Infection and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Following transmission through a mosquito bite to the mammalian host, Plasmodium
parasites first invade and replicate inside hepatocytes before infecting erythrocytes and …

Naturally acquired immune responses against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites and liver infection

V Offeddu, V Thathy, K Marsh… - International journal for …, 2012 - Elsevier
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by infection with eukaryotic pathogens
termed Plasmodium. Epidemiological hallmarks of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are …

Association of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-4 with protection against clinical malaria

R Perraut, ML Varela, C Joos, B Diouf, C Sokhna… - Vaccine, 2017 - Elsevier
Identification of parasite antigens targeted by immune effector mechanisms that confer
protection against malaria is important for the design of a multi-component malaria vaccine …

Decreased Growth Rate of P. falciparum Blood Stage Parasitemia With Age in a Holoendemic Population

M Pinkevych, J Petravic, K Chelimo… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In malaria holoendemic settings, decreased parasitemia and clinical disease is associated
with age and cumulative exposure. The relative contribution of acquired immunity against …

Measurement of ex vivo ELISpot interferon-gamma recall responses to Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 and CSP in Ghanaian adults with natural exposure to malaria

H Ganeshan, KA Kusi, D Anum, MR Hollingdale… - Malaria Journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Malaria eradication requires a concerted approach involving all available
control tools, and an effective vaccine would complement these efforts. An effective malaria …

High sporozoite antibody titers in conjunction with microscopically detectable blood infection display signatures of protection from clinical malaria

V Offeddu, A Olotu, F Osier, K Marsh… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Immunoepidemiological studies typically reveal slow, age-dependent acquisition of immune
responses against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. Naturally acquired immunity against …