This dataset comprises individual-level data from participants in the POPVAC B randomised controlled trial. POPVAC B was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of malaria IPT with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) on vaccine responses among schoolchildren (9-17 years) in Jinja district, Uganda (ISRCTN62041885). The aim of the trial was to comprehensively address the hypothesis that malaria infection causes suppression of responses to unrelated vaccines and that this effect can be reversed at least partially, by monthly intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) of malaria in high-transmission settings. A portfolio of vaccines, of potential benefit to the children and comprising live, inert, oral and parenteral, was provided to enable a comprehensive assessment and comparison of effects of IPT of malaria on immune response to vaccines with different characteristics.

To access the data, requests must be made to the PI (Professor Alison Elliott). The request will be reviewed by the PI together with the POPVAC investigator team, in consultation with the POPVAC steering committee. The request will be reviewed based on scientific value and to ensure there is no overlap with existing work. If the request is approved, before data is shared, ethics approval will need to be obtained in your host institution and a Data Transfer Agreement with the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit must be completed.

Malaria, Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine, Vaccine response, Children, Randomised controlled trial