A Field Trial to Assess a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine
Author(s) -
Mahamadou A. Théra,
Ogobara K. Doumbo,
Drissa Coulibaly,
Matthew B. Laurens,
Amed Ouattara,
Abdoulaye K. Koné,
Ando B. Guindo,
Karim Traoré,
Idrissa Traoré,
Bouréma Kouriba,
Dapa A. Diallo,
Issa Diarra,
Modibo Daou,
Amagana Dolo,
Youssouf Tolo,
Mahamadou S. Sissoko,
Amadou Niangaly,
Mady Sissoko,
Shan TakalaHarrison,
Kirsten E. Lyke,
Yukun Wu,
William C. Blackwelder,
Olivier Godeaux,
Johan Vekemans,
MarieClaude Dubois,
W. Ripley Ballou,
Joe Cohen,
Darby Thompson,
Tina Dube,
Lorraine Soisson,
Carter L. Diggs,
Brent House,
David E. Lanar,
Sheetij Dutta,
D. Gray Heppner,
Christopher V. Plowe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1008115
Subject(s) - immunogenicity , malaria , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , malaria vaccine , virology , immunology , stage (stratigraphy) , antigen , biology , paleontology
Blood-stage malaria vaccines are intended to prevent clinical disease. The malaria vaccine FMP2.1/AS02(A), a recombinant protein based on apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) from the 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum, has previously been shown to have immunogenicity and acceptable safety in Malian adults and children.
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