Synergy in anti malarial pre-erythrocytic and transmission-blocking antibodies is achieved by reducing parasite density
Synergy in anti malarial pre-erythrocytic and transmission-blocking antibodies is achieved by reducing parasite density
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DOI:
10.7554/elife.35213
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发表时间:
2018-06-19
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影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
Blagborough, Andrew M.
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Sherrard-Smith, Ellie;Sala, Katarzyna A.;Blagborough, Andrew M.
Anti-malarial pre-erythrocytic vaccines (PEV) target transmission by inhibiting human infection but are currently partially protective. It has been posited, but never demonstrated, that co-administering transmission-blocking vaccines (TBV) would enhance malaria control. We hypothesized a mechanism that TBV could reduce parasite density in the mosquito salivary glands, thereby enhancing PEV efficacy. This was tested using a multigenerational population assay, passaging Plasmodium berghei to Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. A combined efficacy of 90.8% (86.7-94.2%) was observed in the PEV +TBV antibody group, higher than the estimated efficacy of 83.3% (95% Crl 79.1-87.0%) if the two antibodies acted independently. Higher PEV efficacy at lower mosquito parasite loads was observed, comprising the first direct evidence that co-administering anti-sporozoite and anti-transmission interventions act synergistically, enhancing PEV efficacy across a range of TBV doses and transmission intensities. Combining partially effective vaccines of differing anti-parasitic classes is a pragmatic, powerful way to accelerate malaria elimination efforts.