Media Availability: NIH-Funded Study Reveals Why Malaria Vaccine Only Partially Protected Children, Infants

Media Availability: NIH-Funded Study Reveals Why Malaria Vaccine Only Partially Protected Children, Infants

Friday Oct. 23, 2015 

NIH-Funded Study Reveals Why Malaria Vaccine Only Partially Protected Children, Infants

Genetic differences in a protein fragment found on the surface of the malaria parasite may help explain why the leading malaria vaccine candidate provided only moderate protection among vaccinated children during clinical testing.