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- Title
Duration of Protection and Age-Dependence of the Effects of the SPf66 Malaria Vaccine in African Children Exposed to Intense Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum.
- Authors
Alonso, Pedro L.; Smith, Tom A.; Armstrong-Schellenberg, Joanna R. M.; Kitua, Andrew Y.; Masanja, Honorathi; Hayes, Richard; Hurt, Nicole; Font, Fidel; Menendez, Clara; Kilama, Wencislaus L.; Tanner, Marcel
- Abstract
The SPf66 synthetic vaccine is safe and partly efficacious against Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 1–5 years old. The estimated vaccine efficacy [VE] for all clinical episodes over a period of 18 months after the third dose is 25% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1%–44%; P = .044). The observed temporal variations in efficacy could have been due to chance (likelihood ratio χ2 = 13.8,8 df; P = .086). Efficacy against clinical malaria did not vary significantly with age χ2 = 1.07, 4 df; P = .90). Overall parasite density was 21% lower in vaccine recipients than in the placebo group (95% CI, 0%–38%; P = .044). Further development of SPf66 may require trials to evaluate safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy when administered in the first year of life, together with other vaccines contained in the Expanded Programme of Tmmunization schedule.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996, Vol 174, Issue 2, p367
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/174.2.367