Exploratory analysis of the effect of helminth infection on the immunogenicity and efficacy of the asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2.

• Main Authors: Odilon Nouatin (Author), Juliana Boex Mengue (Author), Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé (Author), Rolf Fendel (Author), Javier Ibáñez (Author), Ulysse Ateba Ngoa (Author), Jean Ronald Edoa (Author), Bayodé Roméo Adégbité (Author), Yabo Josiane Honkpéhédji (Author), Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou (Author), Aurore Bouyoukou Hounkpatin (Author), Kabirou Moutairou (Author), Andreas Homoet (Author), Meral Esen (Author), Andrea Kreidenweiss (Author), Stephen L Hoffman (Author), Michael Theisen (Author), Adrian J F Luty (Author), Bertrand Lell (Author), Selidji Todagbe Agnandji (Author), Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma (Author), Michael Ramharter (Author), Peter Kremsner (Author), Benjamin Mordmüller (Author), Ayôla Akim Adegnika (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Helminths can modulate the host immune response to Plasmodium falciparum and can therefore affect the risk of clinical malaria. We assessed here the effect of helminth infections on both the immunogenicity and efficacy of the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate, a recombina...