B. Kim Lee Sim

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 37 papers. Top paper: “Two chemoattenuated PfSPZ malaria vaccines induce sterile hepatic immunity”.

Two chemoattenuated PfSPZ malaria vaccines induce sterile hepatic immunity

Nature(2021)10.1038/s41586-021-03684-z

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4.5DataRank · unranked

115 citations

Sara A. Healy, Jacquelyn Lane, David M. Cook, Sahand Kalhori, Charles W. Wyatt +31 more

Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine against malaria in infants in western Kenya: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial

Nature Medicine(2021)10.1038/s41591-021-01470-y

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2.9DataRank · unranked

103 citations

Laura C. Steinhardt, Reuben Yego, Ryan E. Wiegand, Phillip A. Swanson, Natasha KC +25 more

Safety and efficacy of a three-dose regimen of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite vaccine in adults during an intense malaria transmission season in Mali: a randomised, controlled phase 1 trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases(2021)10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00332-7

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1.7DataRank · unranked

79 citations

Sara A. Healy, Abdoulaye Katilé, Irfan Zaidi, Zonghui Hu, Bourama Kamaté +28 more

PfSPZ-CVac efficacy against malaria increases from 0% to 75% when administered in the absence of erythrocyte stage parasitemia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial with controlled human malaria infection

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009594

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1.5DataRank · unranked

60 citations

Gregory A. Deye, B. Kim Lee Sim, Shirley Galbiati, Jessie K. Kennedy, Kristen W. Cohen +9 more

Heterologous protection against malaria by a simple chemoattenuated PfSPZ vaccine regimen in a randomized trial

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-22740-w

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1.3DataRank · unranked

57 citations

Rolf Fendel, Bianca Eder, Freia-Raphaella Lorenz, Natasha KC, Matthias Karnahl +22 more

A PfSPZ vaccine immunization regimen equally protective against homologous and heterologous controlled human malaria infection

npj Vaccines(2022)10.1038/s41541-022-00510-z

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1.2DataRank · unranked

50 citations

Zita Sulyok, Mihály Sulyok, Zsofia Molnar, Albert Lalremruata, Carlos Lamsfus Calle +21 more

PfSPZ-CVac malaria vaccine demonstrates safety among malaria-experienced adults: A randomized, controlled phase 1 trial

EClinicalMedicine(2022)10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101579

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0.933DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Abdoulaye K. Koné, Karim Traoré, Amadou Niangaly, Bourèma Kouriba, Charles Arama +19 more

Strains used in whole organism Plasmodium falciparum vaccine trials differ in genome structure, sequence, and immunogenic potential

Genome Medicine(2020)10.1186/s13073-019-0708-9

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0.673DataRank · unranked

88 citations

Elliott F. Drábek, Ankit Dwivedi, Emily M. Stucke, Jonathan Crabtree, Antoine Dara +29 more

Safety and protective efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine administered to HIV-negative and -positive Tanzanian adults

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024)10.1172/jci169060

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0.482DataRank · unranked

17 citations

L. W. Preston Church, Florence A. Milando, Munira Qassim, Tobias Schindler, Mohammed Rashid +28 more

The exception that proves the rule: Virulence gene expression at the onset of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infections

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011468

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0.424DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Ralf Krumkamp, Jana Held, Heidrun von Thien, Irene Wittmann, Yannick D. Höppner +19 more

Feasibility of direct venous inoculation of the radiation-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum whole sporozoite vaccine in children and infants in Siaya, western Kenya

Vaccine(2020)10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.008

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0.409DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Y.R. Cherop, Tran Sang, Julie Gutman, Ryan E. Wiegand, Edward M. Nyang’au +16 more

Immune responses associated with protection induced by chemoattenuated PfSPZ vaccine in malaria-naive Europeans

JCI Insight(2024)10.1172/jci.insight.170210

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0.214DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Simon P. Jochems, Vincent van Unen, Madeleine Eunice Betouke Ongwe, Wouter Aa de Steenhuijsen Piters, Koen A. Stam +9 more

PfSPZ Vaccine induces focused humoral immune response in HIV positive and negative Tanzanian adults

EBioMedicine(2024)10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105364

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Freia-Raphaella Lorenz, Annie Yang, Stephanie Sefried, Tobias Schindler, Maximilian Mpina +20 more

Effect of controlled human Plasmodium falciparum infection on B cell subsets in individuals with different levels of malaria immunity

Medical Microbiology and Immunology(2025)10.1007/s00430-025-00847-x

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Gloria P. Gómez-Pérez, Matthew N. McCall, Diana Barrios, Ruth Aguilar, Julia Fernández-Morata +12 more

Safety, tolerability, and protective efficacy of a radiation-attenuated, whole sporozoite malaria vaccine in children in Gabon: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases(2025)10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00434-7

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Jeroen Bok, Ayodele Alabi, Anita L. Kabwende, Armel V. N. Mbouna, Juste Bie +13 more

Ultra-low volume intradermal administration of radiation-attenuated sporozoites with the glycolipid adjuvant 7DW8-5 completely protects mice against malaria

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3243319/v1

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1 citations

Melanie J. Shears, Anya C. Kalata, Caroline J. Duncombe, Annette M. Seilie, Chris Chavtur +10 more

A replication competent Plasmodium falciparum parasite completely attenuated by dual gene deletion

EMBO Molecular Medicine(2024)10.1038/s44321-024-00057-7

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29 citations

Hardik Patel, William Betz, Janna Armstrong, Nelly Camargo, Asha Patil +7 more

Innate immune activation restricts priming and protective efficacy of the radiation-attenuated PfSPZ malaria vaccine

JCI Insight(2024)10.1172/jci.insight.167408

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9 citations

Jyoti Bhardwaj, Morgan R. Little, Prasida Holla, Aditi Upadhye, Elizabeth M. Fusco +29 more

Ultra-low volume intradermal administration of radiation-attenuated sporozoites with the glycolipid adjuvant 7DW8-5 completely protects mice against malaria

Scientific Reports(2024)10.1038/s41598-024-53118-9

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3 citations

Melanie J. Shears, Anya C. Kalata, Caroline J. Duncombe, Annette M. Seilie, Chris Chavtur +10 more

Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases(2025)10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00664-4

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2 citations

Jordan Plieskatt, Moussa Thienta, Bourama Kamaté, Ebenezer Addo Ofori, Markus Gmeiner +29 more

Complete attenuation of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites by atovaquone–proguanil

EMBO Molecular Medicine(2025)10.1038/s44321-025-00301-8

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2 citations

Zita Sulyok, Katja Müller, Rolf Fendel, Mihály Sulyok, Johannes Friesen +35 more

Protective targets of PfSPZ vaccines identified from whole-genome sieve analysis of isolates from malaria vaccine efficacy trials in West Africa

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.03.04.25323352

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1 citations

Ryan J. Scalsky, David G. Harris, Thomas C. Stabler, Biraj Shrestha, Sudhaunshu Joshi +18 more

Effect of controlled human Plasmodium falciparum infection on B cell subsets in individuals with different levels of malaria immunity

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-6221433/v1

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0 citations

Gloria P. Gómez-Pérez, Matthew N. McCall, Diana Barrios, Ruth Aguilar, Julia Fernández-Morata +12 more

Quantification of Plasmodium knowlesi versus Plasmodium falciparum in the rhesus liver: implications for malaria vaccine studies in rhesus models

Malaria Journal(2020)10.1186/s12936-020-03385-4

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13 citations

Annette M. Seilie, B. Kim Lee Sim, Stephen L. Hoffman, Sean C. Murphy, Melanie J. Shears

Mapping of safe and early chemo-attenuated live Plasmodium falciparum immunization identifies immune signature of vaccine efficacy

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.09.14.296152

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6 citations

Zita Sulyok, Katja Müller, Rolf Fendel, Carlos Lamsfus Calle, Mihály Sulyok +35 more

Knockout of Anopheles stephensi immune gene LRIM1 by CRISPR-Cas9 reveals its unexpected role in reproduction and vector competence

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009770

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18 citations

Abraham G. Eappen, Robert Alford, William Reid, Robert A. Harrell, Maryam Hosseini +6 more

Transient knockdown of Anopheles stephensi LRIM1 using RNAi increases Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite salivary gland infections

Malaria Journal(2021)10.1186/s12936-021-03818-8

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11 citations

Kasim I. George, Abraham G. Eappen, Robert A. Harrell, Robert Alford, Tao Li +5 more

Clonal evolution and specificity of the human T follicular helper cell response to Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.10.459751

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1 citations

Anna Obraztsova, Julia Puchan, Rebecca Hundsdorfer, Sumana Chakravarty, B. Kim Lee Sim +5 more

Genome, proteome, and immunome data explain why 6 month controlled human malaria infection with sporozoites of the Pf7G8 clone of Plasmodium falciparum is a rigorous predictor of the efficacy of the PfNF54-based PfSPZ Vaccine in Africa

medRxiv(2021)10.1101/2021.12.09.21266528

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0 citations

Ankit Dwivedi, Kara A. Moser, Mahamadou S. Sissoko, Judith E. Epstein, Sara A. Healy +9 more

A randomized controlled trial showing safety and efficacy of a whole sporozoite vaccine against endemic malaria

Science Translational Medicine(2022)10.1126/scitranslmed.abj3776

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53 citations

Alphonse Ouédraogo, Alfred B. Tiono, Jean Moïse Tanga Kaboré, Edith C. Bougouma, Maurice Ouattara +23 more

Cryopreserved Sporozoites with and without the Glycolipid Adjuvant 7DW8-5 Protect in Prime-and-Trap Malaria Vaccination

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(2022)10.4269/ajtmh.21-1084

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17 citations

Melanie J. Shears, Jokichi Matsubara, Anya C. Kalata, Annette M. Seilie, Irene Cruz Talavera +7 more

A First for Human Vaccinology: GMP Compliant Radiation Attenuation of Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites for Production of a Vaccine Against Malaria

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.851028

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7 citations

Steve Matheny, James Overby, B. Kim Lee Sim, Abraham G. Eappen, Tao Li +8 more

Plasmodium falciparum 7G8 challenge provides conservative prediction of efficacy of PfNF54-based PfSPZ Vaccine in Africa

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30882-8

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12 citations

Ankit Dwivedi, Kara A. Moser, Mahamadou S. Sissoko, Judith E. Epstein, Sara A. Healy +9 more

Sex-Specific Differences in Cytokine Induction by the Glycolipid Adjuvant 7DW8-5 in Mice

Biomolecules(2022)10.3390/biom13010008

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2 citations

Caroline J. Duncombe, Anya C. Kalata, Ethan Conrad, Sumana Chakravarty, B. Kim Lee Sim +5 more

The exception that proves the rule: Virulence gene expression at the onset of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infections

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.12.05.22283093

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0 citations

Ralf Krumkamp, Jana Held, Heidrun von Thien, Irene Wittmann, Yannick D. Höppner +18 more

Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria

Expert Review of Vaccines(2023)10.1080/14760584.2023.2245890

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47 citations

L. W. Preston Church, Tooba Murshedkar, Peter F. Billingsley, Eric R. James, Mei‐Chun Chen +41 more

Preliminary studies on the immunogenicity of a prime-and-trap malaria vaccine in nonhuman primates

Vaccine(2023)10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.067

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2 citations

Felicia Watson, Brad Stone, Irene Cruz Talavera, Chaitra Parthiban, Jokichi Matsubara +5 more