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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-gamma 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.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.022

Type

Journal article

Journal

Vaccine

Publication Date

30/10/2006

Volume

24

Pages

6526 - 6533

Keywords

Adult, Animals, Antibodies, Protozoan, Antibody Specificity, Cross Reactions, Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Gambia, Humans, Immunity, Cellular, Immunization, Secondary, Immunoglobulin G, Interferon-gamma, Malaria Vaccines, Malaria, Falciparum, Male, Phenotype, Plasmodium falciparum, T-Lymphocytes