Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Plasmodium falciparum 7G8 challenge provides conservative prediction of efficacy of PfNF54-based PfSPZ Vaccine in Africa

  • Joana C. Silva,
  • Ankit Dwivedi,
  • Kara A. Moser,
  • Mahamadou S. Sissoko,
  • Judith E. Epstein,
  • Sara A. Healy,
  • Kirsten E. Lyke,
  • Benjamin Mordmüller,
  • Peter G. Kremsner,
  • Patrick E. Duffy,
  • Tooba Murshedkar,
  • B. Kim Lee Sim,
  • Thomas L. Richie,
  • Stephen L. Hoffman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30882-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Here the authors show that controlled human malaria infection with a Brazilian parasite highly divergent from vaccine and West African field strains can provide estimates of vaccine efficacy in Mali, and could replace field testing, streamlining vaccine development.