A promising new tool to measure antibodies against malaria

Antibodies against multiple Plasmodium falciparum proteins (or antigens) can be measured using a simple, accurate and reproducible assay that requires very small amounts of blood. In a series of recently published articles, a team led by ISGlobal reports the development and optimisation of several quantitative suspension array assays (qSATs) to assess natural and vaccine-induced responses to malaria and other parasites.