Modeling the effect of boost timing in murine irradiated sporozoite prime-boost vaccines.

Vaccination with radiation-attenuated sporozoites has been shown to induce CD8+ T cell-mediated protection against pre-erythrocytic stages of malaria. Empirical evidence suggests that successive inoculations often improve the efficacy of this type of vaccines. An initial dose (prime) triggers a spec...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cristina Fernandez-Arias, Clemente F Arias, Min Zhang, Miguel A Herrero, Francisco J Acosta, Moriya Tsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5766151?pdf=render