A malaria vaccine for travelers and military personnel: Requirements and top candidates

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 52, 2015, Pages 7551-7558

  Teneza Mora, Nimfa ^a   Lumsden, Joanne ^b   Villasante, Eileen ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Malaria in the military; Malaria in travelers; Malaria vaccines

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; RTS,S-AS01 VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); IMMUNOLOGY; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; TRAVEL; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84951032244     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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