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| Title |
The hunt for protective correlates of immunity to Plasmodium falciparummalaria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-014-0134-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ann M Moormann, V Ann Stewart |
| Abstract |
Determining an immunologic correlate of protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria has been the holy grail of natural infection studies, and sought after as an endpoint for malaria vaccine trials. An in vitro assay that provides an accurate and precise assessment of protective immunity to malaria would make smaller, short-duration studies feasible, rather than the currently powered study designs that use morbidity or mortality as outcomes. Such a biomarker would be especially desirable in situations where malaria control measures that result in decreases in clinical endpoints and putatively waning protective immunity have been implemented. In an article published in BMC Medicine, Osier and colleagues addressed this problem, and demonstrated that antibodies promoting opsonic phagocytosis of merozoites provide a functional link between antigen-specific responses and protection. Understanding the mechanisms conferring protection against malaria not only improves our knowledge of basic human immunology, but promises to help in the design of an effective malaria vaccine. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 31% |
| Researcher | 12 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 13% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2014.
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#3,945,746
of 22,759,618 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#1,987
of 3,413 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,484
of 230,503 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#35
of 58 outputs
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