Chemovaccination with a novel antimalarial targeting the late liver stage induces durable immunity against malaria
Ryan W. J. Steel, Yu Cheng Chua, Waail A. I. Abdalla, Robyn McConville, A. D. Ford, Sabrina Caiazzo, Eva Hesping, Daniel Fernandez‐Ruiz, Lauren E. Holz, William R. Heath, John A. McCauley, David B. Olsen, Justin A. Boddey
This paper demonstrates that chemovaccination using antimalarials targeting plasmepsin IX/X induces durable immunity against malaria in mice and shows conservation of the mechanism in P. falciparum.
Science · Aug 13, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology