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Peter F. Billingsley

Peter F. Billingsley

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13169
World Ranking
11363
National Ranking
4915

Overview

Peter F. Billingsley is affiliated with Sanaria in the United States and has contributed extensively to research focused on malaria and related fields. Their work spans the disciplines of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant involvement in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, and Insect Science.

Billingsley's research primarily addresses topics such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, malaria research and control, parasites and host interactions, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, travel-related health issues, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and the complement system in diseases.

The scientist has published papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Malaria Journal
  • Cryobiology
  • Nature
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Significant recent publications include:

  • Two chemoattenuated PfSPZ malaria vaccines induce sterile hepatic immunity, 2021, Nature
  • A Roadmap for the Development of Ivermectin as a Complementary Malaria Vector Control Tool, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine against malaria in infants in western Kenya: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • 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, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Radiation-Attenuated and Chemo-Attenuated PfSPZ Vaccines in Equatoguinean Adults, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Billingsley include:

  • Stephen L. Hoffman
  • B. Kim Lee Sim
  • Thomas L. Richie
  • Eric R. James
  • Salim Abdulla

Best Publications

  • Protection Against Malaria by Intravenous Immunization with a Nonreplicating Sporozoite Vaccine

    Robert A. Seder;Lee Jah Chang;Mary E. Enama;Kathryn L. Zephir

  • Live attenuated malaria vaccine designed to protect through hepatic CD8+ T cell immunity

    J. E. Epstein;K. Tewari;K. E. Lyke;B. K. L. Sim

  • Sterile protection against human malaria by chemoattenuated PfSPZ vaccine

    Benjamin Mordmüller;Güzin Surat;Heimo Lagler;Heimo Lagler;Sumana Chakravarty

  • Biology of the Insect Midgut

    M. J. Lehane;P. F. Billingsley

  • Protection against malaria at 1 year and immune correlates following PfSPZ vaccination.

    Andrew S Ishizuka;Kirsten E Lyke;Adam DeZure;Andrea A Berry

  • Development of a metabolically active, non-replicating sporozoite vaccine to prevent Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    Stephen L Hoffman;Peter F Billingsley;Eric James;Adam Richman

  • Safety and efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum via direct venous inoculation in healthy malaria-exposed adults in Mali: a randomised, double-blind phase 1 trial

    Mahamadou S Sissoko;Sara A Healy;Abdoulaye Katile;Freda Omaswa

  • Absence of seasonal variation in malaria parasitaemia in an area of intense seasonal transmission.

    T. Smith;J.D. Charlwood;J. Kihonda;S. Mwankusye

  • Malaria Control with Genetically Manipulated Insect Vectors

    Luke Alphey;C. Ben Beard;Peter Billingsley;Maureen Coetzee

  • Random mating in a natural population of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    H. A. Babiker;L. C. Ranford-Cartwright;D. Currie;J. D. Charlwood

  • A simulation model of African Anopheles ecology and population dynamics for the analysis of malaria transmission

    Jean Marc O. Depinay;Charles M. Mbogo;Charles M. Mbogo;Gerry Killeen;Bart Knols

  • Protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria by PfSPZ Vaccine

    Judith E. Epstein;Kristopher M. Paolino;Thomas L. Richie;Martha Sedegah

  • Attenuated PfSPZ Vaccine induces strain-transcending T cells and durable protection against heterologous controlled human malaria infection

    Kirsten E. Lyke;Andrew S. Ishizuka;Andrea A. Berry;Sumana Chakravarty

  • A simplified model for predicting malaria entomologic inoculation rates based on entomologic and parasitologic parameters relevant to control.

    G F Killeen;F E McKenzie;B D Foy;C Schieffelin

  • The Midgut Ultrastructure of Hematophagous Insects

    P F Billingsley

  • Progress with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ)-based malaria vaccines.

    Thomas L. Richie;Peter F. Billingsley;B. Kim Lee Sim;Eric R. James

  • Structure and ultrastructure of the insect midgut

    P. F. Billingsley;M. J. Lehane

  • Dry season refugia of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in a dry savannah zone of east Africa.

    J D Charlwood;R Vij;P F Billingsley

  • Survival and infection probabilities of anthropophagic anophelines from an area of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in humans.

    J.D. Charlwood;T. Smith;P.F. Billingsley;W. Takken

  • The role of the mosquito peritrophic membrane in bloodmeal digestion and infectivity of Plasmodium species.

    Peter F. Billingsley;Werner Rudin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Richie
Thomas L. Richie Naval Medical Research Center
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Robert A. Seder
Robert A. Seder National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Christopher V. Plowe
Christopher V. Plowe University of Maryland, Baltimore
Robert E. Sinden
Robert E. Sinden Imperial College London
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Peter G. Kremsner
Peter G. Kremsner University of Tübingen
Benjamin Mordmüller
Benjamin Mordmüller Radboud University Medical Center
Willem Takken
Willem Takken Wageningen University & Research

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