Protection Against Malaria by Intravenous Immunization With A Non-Replicating Sporozoite Vaccine

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2013
Authors
Seder, R; Chang, L; Enama, M; Zephir, K; Sarwar, UN; Gordon, I; Holman, L; James, E; Billingsley, P; Gunasekera, A; Richman, A; Chakravarty, S; Manoj, A; Velmurugan, S; Li, M; [...]; Sim, B; Ledgerwood, J; Graham, B; Hoffman, S; The VRC 312 Study Team
Secondary
Science
Volume
341
Start Page
1359
Pagination
1359-1365
Date Published
09/2013
Keywords
Administration Intravenous; Cytokines/immunology; Falciparum/prevention & control; Immunity/Cellular; malaria; Malaria Vaccines; Plasmodium falciparum/immunology; Sporozoites/immunology; T-Lymphocytes/immunology; Vaccination/adverse effects/methods
ISBN
1359-1365
Abstract
Consistent, high-level, vaccine-induced protection against human malaria has only been achieved by inoculation of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) by mosquito bites. We report that the PfSPZ Vaccine–composed of attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved PfSPZ–was safe and well tolerated when administered four to six times intravenously (IV) to 40 adults. Zero of six subjects receiving five doses and three of nine subjects receiving four doses of 1.35 x 10(5) PfSPZ Vaccine and five of six nonvaccinated controls developed malaria after controlled human malaria infection (P = 0.015 in the five-dose group and P = 0.028 for overall, both versus controls). PfSPZ-specific antibody and T cell responses were dose-dependent. These data indicate that there is a dose-dependent immunological threshold for establishing high-level protection against malaria that can be achieved with IV administration of a vaccine that is safe and meets regulatory standards.
URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929949