Malaria: Deploying a candidate vaccine (RTS,S/AS02A) for an old scourge of humankind

International Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-93

  Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp; Malaria; Plasmodium spp; Pre erythrocytic malaria vaccine; RTS,S AS02A malaria vaccine

Indexed keywords

PROTISTA;

EID: 33745927707     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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