Sporozoite immunization: Innovative Translational Science to Support the Fight against malaria
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2023 Aug 11. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2023.2245890. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Malaria, a devastating febrile illness caused by protozoan parasites, sickened 247,000,000 people in 2021 and killed 619,000, mostly children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A highly effective vaccine is urgently needed, especially for Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), the deadliest human malaria parasite.AREAS COVERED: Sporozoites (SPZ), the parasite stage transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes to humans, are the only vaccine immunogen achieving > 90% efficacy against Pf infection. This review describes > 30 clinical trials of PfSPZ vaccines in the U.S.A., Europe, Africa, and Asia, based on first-hand knowledge of the trials and PubMed searches of 'sporozoites,' 'malaria,' and 'vaccines.'EXPERT OPINION: First generation (radiation-attenuated) PfSPZ vaccines are safe, well tolerated, 80-100% efficacious against homologous controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) and provide 18-19 months protection without boosting in Africa. Second generation chemo-attenuated PfSPZ are more potent, 100% efficacious against stringent heterologous (variant strain) CHMI, but require a co-administered drug, raising safety concerns. Third generation, late liver stage-arresting, replication competent (LARC), genetically-attenuated PfSPZ are expected to be both safe and highly efficacious. Overall, PfSPZ vaccines meet safety, tolerability, and efficacy requirements for protecting...
Source: Cancer Control - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Thomas L Richie L W Preston Church Tooba Murshedkar Peter F Billingsley Eric R James Mei-Chun Chen Yonas Abebe None Natasha Kc Sumana Chakravarty David Dolberg Sara A Healy Halimatou Diawara Mahamadou S Sissoko Issaka Sagara David M Cook Judith E Epstein Source Type: research
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