SPF66 - THE FIRST MALARIA VACCINE

Authors
TANNER M TEUSCHER T ALONSO PL
Citation
M. Tanner et al., SPF66 - THE FIRST MALARIA VACCINE, Parasitology today, 11(1), 1995, pp. 10-13
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology today → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694758
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
10 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4758(1995)11:1<10:S-TFMV>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A crucial step has been mane in the development of malaria vaccines. T he first trial of SPf66 in Africa and the first outside Latin America has been completed in an area of very intense and perennial transmissi on. In this review, Marcel Tanner, Thomas Teuscher and Pedro Alonso br iefly discuss the success and the limitations of SPf66, the questions which remain open and the prospects for further development and applic ation.