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Malaria Vaccines
Studies from University of Edinburgh in the area of malaria vaccines published
October 22nd, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'The impact of immunization on competition within Plasmodium infections,' have been published. "Evolutionary theory argues that ecological interactions between pathogens within an infection can be a potent source of selection shaping traits such as virulence, drug resistance, and infectiousness. In humans, malaria infections are frequently genetically diverse, with mixed genotype infections the norm," investigators in Scotland report. "A wide variety of evidence shows that crowding occurs within infections, with the population densities of individual genotypes suppressed by the presence of others. Public health interventions are...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-22)
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