Malaria vaccines and their potential role in the elimination of malaria

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Malaria vaccines and their potential role in the elimination of malaria

Abstract

Research on malaria vaccines is currently directed primarily towards the development of vaccines that prevent clinical malaria. Malaria elimination, now being considered seriously in some epidemiological situations, requires a different vaccine strategy, since success will depend on killing all parasites in the community in order to stop transmission completely