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Friday, January 14, 2011

Malaria Vaccine could be a reality

NEW DELHI: A malaria vaccine could be a reality by 2015. The most promising candidate now showing that it can protect children for 15 months.

The efficacy of the vaccine, whose phase-II trial results have just been published in the British medical journal " The Lancet", reduced from 53% for eight months (during the phase-I study in 2008) to 46% when it protected for 15 months.

Indian experts, however, claim that for a vaccine to be effective in the field, it has to give protection of over 75%. "At present, long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets give 60% protection, and it's per capital cost is very low. Hence, a vaccine has to be at least 75% effective," a vector borne disease control programme expert said.



Read more: Malaria vaccine a reality by 2015? - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Malaria-vaccine-a-reality-by-2015/articleshow/7286785.cms#ixzz1B4vXLTrv
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 9:22 PM

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