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Malaria Vaccines
Research on malaria vaccines reported by scientists at University of Navarra
May 13th, 2009
According to recent research from Pamplona, Spain, "Since the pioneer studies performed by Nussengweig, Vanderberg, Most and Orton on vaccination with irradiated Plasmodium sporozoites, many attempts have been carried out to develop an effective human malaria vaccine. The understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying the protection induced by irradiated sporozoites paves the way to the development of subunit vaccines, such as RTS,S." "To date, this vaccine, in combination with an effective adjuvant therapy, is the only one to demonstrate protection in man in artificial challenge as well as in natural field trials. It has been established that this vaccine is capable...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-13)
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