New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

JN Burrows, S Duparc, WE Gutteridge… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
A decade of discovery and development of new anti-malarial medicines has led to a
renewed focus on malaria elimination and eradication. Changes in the way new anti …

Key gaps in the knowledge of Plasmodium vivax, a neglected human malaria parasite

I Mueller, MR Galinski, JK Baird, JM Carlton… - The Lancet infectious …, 2009 - thelancet.com
Plasmodium vivax is geographically the most widely distributed cause of malaria in people,
with up to 2· 5 billion people at risk and an estimated 80 million to 300 million clinical cases …

Sterile protection against human malaria by chemoattenuated PfSPZ vaccine

B Mordmüller, G Surat, H Lagler, S Chakravarty… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
A highly protective malaria vaccine would greatly facilitate the prevention and elimination of
malaria and containment of drug-resistant parasites. A high level (more than 90%) of …

Protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine

RA Seder, LJ Chang, ME Enama, KL Zephir… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Consistent, high-level, vaccine-induced protection against human malaria has only been
achieved by inoculation of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) by mosquito bites …

A potent anti-malarial human monoclonal antibody targets circumsporozoite protein minor repeats and neutralizes sporozoites in the liver

LT Wang, LS Pereira, Y Flores-Garcia, J O'Connor… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Discovering potent human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the Plasmodium
falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP) on sporozoites (SPZ) and elucidating their …

Live Attenuated Malaria Vaccine Designed to Protect Through Hepatic CD8+ T Cell Immunity

JE Epstein, K Tewari, KE Lyke, BKL Sim, PF Billingsley… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Our goal is to develop a vaccine that sustainably prevents Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)
malaria in≥ 80% of recipients. Pf sporozoites (PfSPZ) administered by mosquito bites are …

Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

JM Carlton, JH Adams, JC Silva, SL Bidwell, H Lorenzi… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is responsible for 25–40% of the∼ 515
million annual cases of malaria worldwide. Although seldom fatal, the parasite elicits severe …

A comprehensive model for assessment of liver stage therapies targeting Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum

A Roth, SP Maher, AJ Conway, R Ubalee… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Malaria liver stages represent an ideal therapeutic target with a bottleneck in parasite load
and reduced clinical symptoms; however, current in vitro pre-erythrocytic (PE) models for …

Plasmodium vivax liver stage development and hypnozoite persistence in human liver-chimeric mice

SA Mikolajczak, AM Vaughan, N Kangwanrangsan… - Cell host & …, 2015 - cell.com
Plasmodium vivax malaria is characterized by periodic relapses of symptomatic blood stage
parasite infections likely initiated by activation of dormant liver stage parasites …

In vitro culture, drug sensitivity, and transcriptome of Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites

N Gural, L Mancio-Silva, AB Miller, A Galstian… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
The unique relapsing nature of Plasmodium vivax infection is a major barrier to malaria
eradication. Upon infection, dormant liver-stage forms, hypnozoites, linger for weeks to …