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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2023

The mRNA Vaccine Technology Era and the Future Control of Parasitic Infections.

Hong You, Malcolm K Jones, Catherine A Gordon, Alexa E Arganda, Pengfei Cai, Harry Al-Wassiti, Colin W Pouton, Donald P McManus

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Transmission-Blocking Vaccines against Schistosomiasis Japonica.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hong YouDepartment of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8790-7793
Malcolm K JonesSchool of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Catherine A GordonDepartment of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1509-5220
Alexa E ArgandaDepartment of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Pengfei CaiDepartment of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Harry Al-WassitiMonash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Colin W PoutonMonash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Donald P McManusDepartment of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6443-1449
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUMonash University · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite intensive long-term efforts, with very few exceptions, the development of effective vaccines against parasitic infections has presented considerable challenges, given the complexity of parasite life cycles, the interplay between parasites and their hosts, and their capacity to escape the host immune system and to regulate host immune responses. For many parasitic diseases, conventional vaccine platforms have generally proven ill suited, considering the complex manufacturing processes involved and the costs they incur, the inability to posttranslationally modify cloned target antigens, and the absence of long-lasting protective immunity induced by these antigens. An effective antiparasite vaccine platform is required to assess the effectiveness of novel vaccine candidates at high throughput. By exploiting the approach that has recently been used successfully to produce highly protective COVID mRNA vaccines, we anticipate a new wave of research to advance the use of mRNA vaccines to prevent parasitic infections in the near future. This article considers the characteristics that are required to develop a potent antiparasite vaccine and provides a conceptual foundation to promote the development of parasite mRNA-based vaccines. We review the recent advances and challenges encountered in developing antiparasite vaccines and evaluate the potential of developing mRNA vaccines against parasites, including those causing diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis, against which vaccines are currently suboptimal or not yet available.

Indexed as

COVID-19MalariaParasitic DiseasesHumansantiparasite vaccinesmalariamRNA vaccineparasitic infectionsschistosomiasis

Identifiers

PMID36625671
PMCPMC10035331
OpenAlexW4315436616

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.