Vaccination against malaria: its plausibility and the present state of research.
A vaccine for public health use against malaria is urgently required and is being actively researched into. The present review outlines the biology of malaria parasites and the immune response to them, with an emphasis on the worst of the human diseases, and considers the current analytical and molecular biological work on malaria parasite surfaces and antigens.
D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D014611:Vaccination
D000953:Antigens, Protozoan