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PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 84, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102411
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Plasmodium vivax; Vaccine; Clinical trials
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- Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship award [097395/Z/11/Z]
- Wellcome Trust [097395/Z/11/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
In 2019, an estimated 229 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide, with P. falciparum and P. vivax responsible for most of the disease burden. Despite progress in P. falciparum vaccine development, challenges remain for P. vivax due to the hypnozoite leading to relapse, highlighting the need for further research in this area.
An estimated 229 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide in 2019. Both, Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are responsible for most of the malaria disease burden in the world. Despite difficulties in obtaining an accurate number, the global estimates of cases in 2019 are approximately 229 million of which 2.8% are due to P. vivax, and the total number of malaria deaths are approximately 409 million. Regional elimination or global eradication of malaria will be a difficult task, particularly for P. vivax due to the particular biological features related to the hypnozoite, leading to relapse. Countries that have shown successful episodes of a decrease in P. falciparum malaria, are left with remaining P. vivax malaria cases. This is caused by the mechanism that the parasite has evolved to remain dormant in the liver forming hypnozoites. Furthermore, while clinical trials of vaccines against P. falciparum are making fast progress, a very different picture is seen with P. vivax, where only few candidates are currently active in clinical trials. We discuss the challenge that represent the hypnozoite for P. vivax vaccine development, the potential of Controlled Human Malaria Challenges (CHMI) and the leading vaccine candidates assessed in clinical trials.
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