Two decades of commitment to malaria vaccine development: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Ballou, W Ripley ^a   Cahill, Conor P ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; PLASMODIUM; RESEARCH;

EID: 40049092381     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.289     Document Type: Article

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