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Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine
Author(s) -
Daniel E. Neafsey,
Michal Juraska,
Trevor Bedford,
David Benkeser,
Clarissa Valim,
Allison Griggs,
Marc Lievens,
Salim Abdulla,
Samuel Adjei,
Tsiri Agbenyega,
Selidji Todagbé Agnandji,
Pedro Aíde,
Scott Anderson,
Daniel Ansong,
John J. Aponte,
Kwaku Poku Asante,
Philip Bejon,
Ashley J. Birkett,
Myriam Bruls,
Kristen M. Connolly,
Umberto D’Alessandro,
Carlota Dobaño,
Samwel Gesase,
Brian Greenwood,
Jonna Grimsby,
Halidou Tinto,
Mary J. Hamel,
Irving Hoffman,
Portia Kamthunzi,
Simon Kariuki,
Peter G. Kremsner,
Amanda Leach,
Bertrand Lell,
Niall J. Len,
John Lusingu,
Kevin Marsh,
Francis Martinson,
Jackson T. Molel,
Eli L. Moss,
Patricia Njuguna,
Christian F. Ockenhouse,
Bernhards Ogutu,
Walter Otieno,
Lucas Otieno,
Kephas Otieno,
Seth OwusuAgyei,
Daniel J. Park,
Karell G. Pellé,
Dana Robbins,
Carsten Russ,
Elizabeth M. Ryan,
Jahit Sacarlal,
Brian Sogoloff,
Hermann Sorgho,
Marcel Tanner,
Thor G. Theander,
Innocent Valéa,
Sarah K. Volkman,
Qing Yu,
Didier Lapierre,
Bruce W. Birren,
Peter B. Gilbert,
Dyann F. Wirth
Publication year - 2015
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/nejmoa1505819
Subject(s) - circumsporozoite protein , malaria vaccine , medicine , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , vaccine efficacy , vaccination , immunology , hazard ratio , virology , genotype , confidence interval , biology , genetics , gene
The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine targets the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum and has partial protective efficacy against clinical and severe malaria disease in infants and children. We investigated whether the vaccine efficacy was specific to certain parasite genotypes at the circumsporozoite protein locus.

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