2022
Structure-guided insights into potential function of novel genetic variants in the malaria vaccine candidate PfRh5
Mangou K, Moore A, Thiam L, Ba A, Orfanó A, Desamours I, Ndegwa D, Goodwin J, Guo Y, Sheng Z, Patel S, Diallo F, Sene S, Pouye M, Faye A, Thiam A, Nunez V, Diagne C, Sadio B, Shapiro L, Faye O, Mbengue A, Bei A. Structure-guided insights into potential function of novel genetic variants in the malaria vaccine candidate PfRh5. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 19403. PMID: 36371450, PMCID: PMC9653458, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23929-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune evasionSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPopulation prevalenceVaccine-induced protective immunityP. falciparum positive samplesFalciparum positive samplesPlasmodium falciparum antigensMalaria vaccine candidateNovel single nucleotide polymorphismsInhibitory monoclonal antibodiesProtective immunityFalciparum antigensMalaria deathsEffective vaccineEfficacious vaccineVaccine candidatesPfRH5Infected individualsVaccine targetsMonoclonal antibodiesLow overall frequencyReceptor bindingNovel genetic variantsVaccineOverall frequency
2019
Immunoepidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Bei A, Parikh S. Immunoepidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. 2019, 193-213. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4_12.Peer-Reviewed Original Research