CORRELATION OF HIGH LEVELS OF ANTIBODIES TO MULTIPLE PRE-ERYTHROCYTIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ANTIGENS AND PROTECTION FROM INFECTION

CHANDY C. JOHN Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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ANN M. MOORMANN Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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PETER ODADA SUMBA Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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MARILYN M. MCHUGH Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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DAVID L. NARUM Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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DAVID E. LANAR Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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MARK D. SCHLUCHTER Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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JAMES W. KAZURA Center for Global Health and Diseases, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington, District of Columbia

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High levels of antibodies to multiple antigens may be more strongly associated with protection from infection than antibodies to a single antigen. Antibody-associated protection against Plasmodium falciparum infection was assessed in a cohort of 68 adults living in an area of holoendemic malaria in Kenya. Antibodies to the pre-erythrocytic antigens circumsporozoite protein (CSP), liver-stage antigen-1 (LSA-1), thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP), and blood-stage antigens apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1), erythrocyte binding antigen-175 (EBA-175), and merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) were tested. Peptides were used for CSP (NANP repeat) and LSA-1 (central repeat), and recombinant antigens were used for TRAP (aa D48–K394), AMA-1 (ectodomain, non-glycosylated), EBA-175 (non-glycosylated), and MSP-1 (MSP-119). Weekly microscopy testing for P. falciparum infection was performed over a 12-week period after drug-mediated clearance of P. falciparum parasitemia. Individuals with high levels of IgG antibodies (> 2 arbitrary units) to CSP, LSA-1, and TRAP had a 57% decrease in the risk of infection (95% confidence interval = 20–77%, P = 0.016). This decreased risk remained significant after adjustment for age, prior parasitemia, bed net use, sickle cell trait, and village of residence. In contrast, protection against infection did not correlate with high levels of IgG antibodies to blood-stage antigens or IgM antibodies to pre-erythrocytic or blood-stage antigens. High levels of IgG antibodies to CSP, LSA-1, and TRAP may be useful immune correlates of protection against P. falciparum infection in malaria-endemic populations.

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