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Malaria vaccine for travellers — where are we now?
Affiliations- Department of Tropical and Parasitic Diseases, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland, Poland
- Outpatient Clinic of Hepatology, Voivodship Hospital, Szczecin, Poland
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Abstract
The authors present a short summary of the current state of malaria vaccine development and the per- spectives for the availability of a malaria vaccines for travellers from non-endemic countries. There is currently no commercially available malaria vaccine for travellers. The efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine is limited and differs dramatically from the effects of other vaccines administered in travel medicine. In the current recommendations, the use of repellents is deemed the most important measure to prevent malaria infection, and in the high-risk destinations, chemoprophylaxis is strongly advised. Many questions in malaria vaccinology remain unanswered.
Abstract
The authors present a short summary of the current state of malaria vaccine development and the per- spectives for the availability of a malaria vaccines for travellers from non-endemic countries. There is currently no commercially available malaria vaccine for travellers. The efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine is limited and differs dramatically from the effects of other vaccines administered in travel medicine. In the current recommendations, the use of repellents is deemed the most important measure to prevent malaria infection, and in the high-risk destinations, chemoprophylaxis is strongly advised. Many questions in malaria vaccinology remain unanswered.
Keywords
malaria; communicable disease control; protozoan vaccines; travel-related illness
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Malaria vaccine for travellers — where are we now?
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Short communication
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65-67
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2019-03-28
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DOI
10.5603/IMH.2019.0010
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IMH 2019;70(1):65-67.
Keywords
malaria
communicable disease control
protozoan vaccines
travel-related illness
Authors
Anna Kuna
Michał Gajewski
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