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. 2014 Sep 11;9(9):e106241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106241

Table 1. Cell mediated activities in the DNA/Ad and AdCA trials at post-Ad time point (4–5 days before challenge).

ELISpot sfc/m ICS/Flow cytometry
CD8+ % CD8+ CM % CD8+ EM %
CSP AMA1 CSP AMA1 CSP AMA1 CSP AMA1
A. DNA/Ad
Protected volunteers
v06 80 312 <0.03 0.08 <0.03 0.04 <0.03 <0.03
v10 55 810 <0.03 0.22 <0.03 0.09 <0.03 0.07
v11 408 1046 0.21 0.98 0.08 0.21 0.05 0.46
v18 398 1270 0.10 0.52 0.06 0.17 <0.03 0.27
No. positive1/total number 2/4 4/4 2/4 3/4 2/4 3/4 1/4 3/4
Non-protected volunteers
Geometric mean 68 262 0.04 0.11 <0.03 0.05 <0.03 <0.03
Range 13–217 88–787 <0.03–0.293 0.05–0.19 <0.03–0.133 <0.03–0.16 <0.03–0.03 <0.03–0.07
No. positive1/total number 2/11 8/11 2/11 8/11 2/11 5/11 0/11 0/11
No. with higher activity than highest protected2 0/11 0/11 13/11 0/11 13/11 0/11 0/11 0/11
B. AdCA Non-protected
Geometric mean 273 1303 0.12 0.49 0.05 0.31 <0.03 0.08
Range 38–2550 435–4594 0.05–0.57 0.13–2.44 0–0.38 0.08–1.54 <0.03–0.09 <0.03–0.33
No. positive1/total number 14/18 18/18 13/16 16/16 8/16 15/16 3/16 10/16
No. with higher activity than highest protected2 5/18 11/18 5/16 2/16 5/16 11/16 3/16 0/164
C. Comparisons of geometric mean activities of non-protected volunteers
DNA/Ad Non-protected: ADCA Non-protected p value5 0.0018 <0.0001 0.0069 0.0002 0.0025 0.0001 0.0500 0.0014
1

A volunteer was considered positive for an assay if activity to one or more CSP or AMA1 peptide pools was positive (see Methods). For individual protected volunteers, positive activities are in bold.

2

The number of volunteers with values higher than the highest value among the four protected DNA/Ad volunteers.

3

Highest values are for v15.

4

Two protected volunteers (v10 and v18) were lower than the highest AdCA activity.

5

p value: non-protected volunteers were included in the comparison. Statistical comparisons are included as an exploratory analysis, since the different trials were not designed or powered for a formal statistical comparison. No.  =  Number.