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ReviewMalaria journal2022

Evaluation of the Pfs25-IMX313/Matrix-M malaria transmission-blocking candidate vaccine in endemic settings.

Charles Mulamba, Chris Williams, Katharina Kreppel, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Ally I Olotu

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Review in Malaria journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Charles MulambaInterventions & Clinical Trials Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 74, Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
Chris WilliamsThe Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-5644
Katharina KreppelNelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru, P. O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
Jean Bosco OuedraogoInstitute of Research in Health Sciences, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Ally I OlotuInterventions & Clinical Trials Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 74, Bagamoyo, Tanzania. aolotu@ihi.or.tz.
Ifakara Health Institute · TZInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé · BFNelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology · TZUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership RIA2016V-1649
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria control relies heavily on the use of anti-malarial drugs and insecticides against malaria parasites and mosquito vectors. Drug and insecticide resistance threatens the effectiveness of conventional malarial interventions; alternative control approaches are, therefore, needed. The development of malaria transmission-blocking vaccines that target the sexual stages in humans or mosquito vectors is among new approaches being pursued. Here, the immunological mechanisms underlying malaria transmission blocking, status of Pfs25-based vaccines are viewed, as well as approaches and capacity for first in-human evaluation of a transmission-blocking candidate vaccine Pfs25-IMX313/Matrix-M administered to semi-immune healthy individuals in endemic settings. It is concluded that institutions in low and middle income settings should be supported to conduct first-in human vaccine trials in order to stimulate innovative research and reduce the overdependence on developed countries for research and local interventions against many diseases of public health importance.

Indexed as

Malaria VaccinesSaponinsAnimalsHumansInsecticide ResistanceMosquito VectorsNanoparticlesMalaria VaccinesMatrix-MSaponinsMalariaTransmission-blocking vaccinesVectors

Identifiers

PMID35655174
PMCPMC9161629
OpenAlexW4281700568

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