Immunity against sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites

RM de Jong, SK Tebeje… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient spread of malaria from infected humans to mosquitoes is a major challenge for
malaria elimination initiatives. Gametocytes are the only Plasmodium life stage infectious to …

Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the molecular level

JP Julien, H Wardemann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria is a vector-borne disease of global importance, with the vast majority of its life-
threatening cases caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Repeated …

[HTML][HTML] A human antibody epitope map of Pfs230D1 derived from analysis of individuals vaccinated with a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine

WK Tang, CH Coelho, K Miura, BCN Tentokam… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Pfs230 domain 1 (Pfs230D1) is an advanced malaria transmission-blocking
vaccine antigen demonstrating high functional activity in clinical trials. However, the …

Safety, tolerability, and Plasmodium falciparum transmission-reducing activity of monoclonal antibody TB31F: a single-centre, open-label, first-in-human, dose …

SC van der Boor, MJ Smit, SW van Beek… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Malaria elimination requires interruption of the highly efficient transmission of
Plasmodium parasites by mosquitoes. TB31F is a humanised monoclonal antibody that …

Highly potent, naturally acquired human monoclonal antibodies against Pfs48/45 block Plasmodium falciparum transmission to mosquitoes

A Fabra-García, S Hailemariam, RM de Jong… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) aim to induce antibodies that interrupt
malaria parasite development in the mosquito, thereby blocking onward transmission, and …

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

TH Dickey, NH Tolia - Trends in parasitology, 2023 - cell.com
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 …

Design of a stabilized non-glycosylated Pfs48/45 antigen enables a potent malaria transmission-blocking nanoparticle vaccine

TH Dickey, R Gupta, H McAleese, T Ouahes… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
A malaria vaccine that blocks parasite transmission from human to mosquito would be a
powerful method of disrupting the parasite lifecycle and reducing the incidence of disease in …

A universal plug-and-display vaccine carrier based on HBsAg VLP to maximize effective antibody response

A Marini, Y Zhou, Y Li, IJ Taylor, DB Leneghan… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Development of effective malaria vaccines requires delivery platforms to enhance the
immunogenicity and efficacy of the target antigens. This is particularly challenging for …

Structure and function of a malaria transmission blocking vaccine targeting Pfs230 and Pfs230-Pfs48/45 proteins

K Singh, M Burkhardt, S Nakuchima, R Herrera… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Proteins Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 are Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking
(TB) vaccine candidates that form a membrane-bound protein complex on gametes. The …

Structure of the malaria vaccine candidate Pfs48/45 and its recognition by transmission blocking antibodies

KT Ko, F Lennartz, D Mekhaiel, B Guloglu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
An effective malaria vaccine remains a global health priority and vaccine immunogens
which prevent transmission of the parasite will have important roles in multi-component …