Malaria vaccines--progress and problems.

doi:10.1016/0167-7799(91)90131-z

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Malaria vaccines--progress and problems.

Trends in biotechnology - 1 Nov 1991

Cox F E

Abstract excerpt

Developing a vaccine against malaria is a major priority of the WHO. A decade of research exploiting the techniques of molecular biology has yielded a series of potentially protective vaccines. However, progress has been frustrated by the complexity of the parasite's life cycle and the antigenic...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Forecasting
Genetic Variation
Humans
Malaria
Malaria, Cerebral
Molecular Sequence Data
Plasmodium
Vaccines

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