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Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines
D C Kaslow1, I C Bathurst, P J Barr
1Molecular Vaccine Section, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Trends in Biotechnology
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
Antibodies to surface proteins of the sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum block completely the transmission of these malaria parasites. Transmission-blocking vaccines therefore represent a powerful and novel approach to controlling the spread of this lethal disease.