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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Safety and immunogenicity of the malaria candidate vaccines FP9 CS and MVA CS in adult Gambian men
Vaccine, Volume 24, No. 42-43, Year 2006
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We assessed the safety and immunogenicity of prime-boost vectors encoding the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CS) protein expressed either in the attenuated fowl-pox virus (FP9) or modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA). Thirty-two adult Gambians in groups of four to eight received one, two or three doses of FP9 CS and/or MVA CS. No serious adverse event was observed following vaccination. The most immunogenic regimen was two doses of FP9 followed by a single dose of MVA 4 weeks later (an average of 1000 IFN-γ spot forming units/million PBMCs). This level of effector T-cell responses appears higher than that seen in previously reported studies of CS-based candidate malaria vaccines. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Imoukhuede, Egeruan Babatunde
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Berthoud, Tamara Katherine
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Milligan, Paul J.M.
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Bojang, Kalifa A.
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Ismaïli, Jamila
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Keating, Sheila Marie
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Nwakanma, Davis C.
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Keita, S.
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Njie, Fanta
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Sowe, Maimuna
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Todryk, Stephen M.
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Laidlaw, Stephen M.
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Skinner, Michael A.
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Lang, Trudie A.
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Gilbert, Sarah C.
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Greenwood, Brian M.
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Hill, Adrian V. S.
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Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.022
ISSN:
0264410X
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Participants Gender
Male