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Peer reviewedHistorical baselineMalaria

First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

The New England journal of medicine·

RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership, Agnandji ST, Lell B, Soulanoudjingar SS, Fernandes JF, Abossolo BP, Conzelmann C, Methogo BG

DOI
10.1056/nejmoa1102287
PMID
22007715
PMCID
OpenAlex
Study type
Randomised controlled trial
Publisher
Publisher unavailable
Article type
journal-article
Integrity
current

Why this research matters now

A phase 3 malaria vaccine milestone that helps connect current malaria surveillance with prevention evidence.

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Structured evidence summary

Research question

What early phase 3 efficacy and safety findings were observed for RTS,S/AS01 in African children?

Study design

Phase 3 vaccine trial.

Population and setting

African children enrolled in a multicountry trial network.

Main findings

This field has not yet received a quality-gated evidence summary. Consult the original article.

Public-health relevance

Anchors malaria vaccine evidence for interpreting prevention-oriented literature.

Important limitations

Limitations could not be fully assessed from the available metadata.

GIDS interpretation

Use as a historical vaccine milestone, not as the full current evidence base.

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Related GIDS surveillance

Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.

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Evidence relationships

This article has 8 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.

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