Promising functional readouts of immunity in a blood-stage malaria vaccine trial

PLoS Med. 2005 Nov;2(11):e380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020380. Epub 2005 Nov 8.

Abstract

The authors discuss results from an early trial of a vaccine based on Plasmodium MSP-3 protein reported by Pierre Druilhe and colleagues.

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Malaria Vaccines / immunology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / immunology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Malaria Vaccines