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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30882-8