Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells.
TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
- October 31, 2013
- Tagged as: bat, Gabon, hookworm, malaria, parasite, parasitism, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
Vincent, Dickson, and Yosef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.