The Relationship between Anti-merozoite Antibodies and Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

FJI Fowkes, JS Richards, JA Simpson… - PLoS medicine, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background One of the criteria to objectively prioritize merozoite antigens for malaria
vaccine development is the demonstration that naturally acquired antibodies are associated …

Malaria in school‐age children in A frica: an increasingly important challenge

J Nankabirwa, SJ Brooker, SE Clarke… - Tropical medicine & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
School‐age children have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special
measures to protect them against malaria. However, increasing success in lowering the …

Somatically hypermutated Plasmodium-specific IgM+ memory B cells are rapid, plastic, early responders upon malaria rechallenge

AT Krishnamurty, CD Thouvenel, S Portugal… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Humoral immunity consists of pre-existing antibodies expressed by long-lived plasma cells
and rapidly reactive memory B cells (MBC). Recent studies of MBC development and …

IgM in human immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria

MJ Boyle, JA Chan, I Handayuni, L Reiling, G Feng… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Most studies on human immunity to malaria have focused on the roles of immunoglobulin G
(IgG), whereas the roles of IgM remain undefined. Analyzing multiple human cohorts to …

The future for blood‐stage vaccines against malaria

JS Richards, JG Beeson - Immunology and cell biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally, and effective vaccines are
urgently needed. Malaria vaccine approaches can be broadly grouped as pre‐erythrocytic …

Physicochemical and pasting properties of flour and starch from two new cassava accessions

R Aidoo, IN Oduro, JK Agbenorhevi… - … Journal of Food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Some new cassava accessions have been developed and released because of their high
yield, resistance to disease, adaptability to wider ecological environment, and less cost of …

A randomized controlled phase 2 trial of the blood stage AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel malaria vaccine in children in Mali

I Sagara, A Dicko, RD Ellis, MP Fay, SI Diawara… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
A double blind, randomized, controlled Phase 2 clinical trial was conducted to assess the
safety, immunogenicity, and biologic impact of the vaccine candidate Apical Membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum–specific IgM B cells dominate in children, expand with malaria, and produce functional IgM

CS Hopp, P Sekar, A Diouf, K Miura… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
IgG antibodies play a role in malaria immunity, but whether and how IgM protects from
malaria and the biology of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)–specific IgM B cells is unclear. In a …

Opsonising Antibodies to P. falciparum Merozoites Associated with Immunity to Clinical Malaria

DL Hill, EM Eriksson, CSN Li Wai Suen, CY Chiu… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Naturally acquired humoral immunity to the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum can
protect against disease, although the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Although …

The carboxy-terminus of merozoite surface protein 1: structure, specific antibodies and immunity to malaria

AA Holder - Parasitology, 2009 - cambridge.org
Over the last 30 years, evidence has been gathered suggesting that merozoite surface
protein 1 (MSP1) is a target of protective immunity against malaria. In a variety of …