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blog.foreignpolicy.com - 12/9/2008

New malaria vaccine more than 50 percent effective

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Results of the latest malaria vaccine trials will be published today in The New England Journal of Medicine , and from the looks of it, the news is good--fantastic, in fact. "We are closer than every before to having a malaria vaccine for use by children in Africa, says Christian Lucq, ...

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content.nejm.org - 12/9/2008

- Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Vaccine in Infants

— content.nejm.org — ABSTRACT Background The RTS,S/AS malaria vaccine is being developed for delivery through the World Health Organization's Expanded... Program on Immunization (EPI). We assessed the feasibility of integrating RTS,S/AS02D into a standard EPI schedule for ... (more) - Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria ...

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content.nejm.org - 12/9/2008

- Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E Vaccine against Malaria in Children 5 to 17 Months of Age

— content.nejm.org — Figure 1. Screening, Randomization, and Follow-up of Study Participants. The 177 children who were deemed ineligible at... screening had an age outside the acceptable range (67 children), an acute disease at enrollment (23), a serious illness on clinical ... (more) - Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E Vaccine against Malaria in ...

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health.usnews.com - 12/9/2008

Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials - US News and World Report

— health.usnews.com — HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) Results from two phase II trials in Africa show that... a new malaria vaccine is effective at preventing both infection and the mosquito-borne disease itself in infants and children."Malaria is killing ... (more) Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials - US News and ...

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Political Animal — ... ), summarized by FP Passport : Results of the latest malaria vaccine trials will be published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, and from the looks of it, the news is good--fantastic, in fact. "We are closer than every before to having a malaria vaccine for use by children in Africa, says Christian Lucq, director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative. First, some background: The new trials use a vaccine candidate known as RTSS, the most clinically advanced malaria vaccine in development. The two tests took place in Kenya and Tanzania, and included 340 and 894 ...

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Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Wonderful news from the New England Journal of Medicine (1, 2), summarized by FP Passport: Results of the latest malaria vaccine trials will be published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, and from the looks of it, the news is good--fantastic, in fact. "We are closer than every before to having a malaria vaccine for use by children in Africa, says Christian Lucq, director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative. First, some background: The new trials use a vaccine ...

A Malaria Vaccine is on the way
Southern Appeal — December 9, 2008 A Malaria Vaccine is on the way Filed under: Africa , Foreign Affairs , Human Rights By Feddie ( Email ) @ 1:29 pm This is excellent news . Hilzoy has the details . PermaLink | | Trackback/Pingback (0) Nobody Has Trackbacked Yet The trackback URL for this post: http://www.southernappeal.org/index.php/archives/5651/trackback Leave a Reply Name Mail (will not be published) Website XHTML: You can use these tags: