Phase 1 Progress in the Quest for a Malaria Vaccine (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Phase 1 Progress in the Quest for a Malaria Vaccine (2 of 3)

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This image shows immunogens of the PfSPZ Vaccine, which contains whole Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 8, 2013, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Robert A. Seder at the NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, MD, and colleagues was titled, "Protection Against Malaria by Intravenous Immunization with a Nonreplicating Sporozoite Vaccine."

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[Image courtesy of Stephen Hoffman, Sanaria Inc.]

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