Modelling the impact of a highly potent Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking monoclonal antibody in areas of seasonal malaria transmission
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Abstract
Transmission-blocking interventions can play an important role in combatting malaria worldwide. Recently, a highly potent Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking monoclonal antibody (TB31F) was demonstrated to be safe and efficacious in malaria-naive volunteers. Here we predict the potential public health impact of large-scale implementation of TB31F alongside existing interventions. We developed a pharmaco-epidemiological model, tailored to two settings of differing transmission intensity with already established insecticide-treated nets and seasonal malaria chemoprevention interventions. Community-wide annual administration (at 80% coverage) of TB31F over a three-year period was predicted to reduce clinical incidence by 54% (381 cases averted per 1000 people per year) in a high-transmission seasonal setting, and 74% (157 cases averted per 1000 people per year) in a low-transmission seasonal setting. Targeting school-aged children gave the largest reduction in terms of cases averted per dose. An annual administration of transmission- blocking monoclonal TB31F may be an effective intervention against malaria in seasonal malaria settings.
Date Issued
2023-07-15
Date Acceptance
2023-04-11
Citation
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023, 228 (2), pp.212-223
ISSN
0022-1899
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
212
End Page
223
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume
228
Issue
2
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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases
Society of America.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad101
Society of America.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad101
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https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiad101/7115792
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-04-12