Biosignatures of Exposure/Transmission and Immunity.
King, Christopher L;
Davies, D Huw;
Felgner, Phil;
Baum, Elizabeth;
Jain, Aarti;
Randall, Arlo;
Tetteh, Kevin;
Drakeley, Christopher J;
Greenhouse, Bryan;
(2015)
Biosignatures of Exposure/Transmission and Immunity.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 93 (3 Supp).
pp. 16-27.
ISSN 0002-9637
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0037
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A blood test that captures cumulative exposure over time and assesses levels of naturally acquired immunity (NAI) would provide a critical tool to monitor the impact of interventions to reduce malaria transmission and broaden our understanding of how NAI develops around the world as a function of age and exposure. This article describes a collaborative effort in multiple International Centers of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMRs) to develop such tests using malaria-specific antibody responses as biosignatures of transmission and immunity. The focus is on the use of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax protein microarrays to identify a panel of the most informative antibody responses in diverse malaria-endemic settings representing an unparalleled spectrum of malaria transmission and malaria species mixes before and after interventions to reduce malaria transmission.