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Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development

Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide considering that 40% of the world’s population live in health risk areas and millions of febrile episodes due to malaria infection occur annually in children under the age of five in Africa alone and almost 3 million patients,...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Wan Omar, Mohd Noh, Lokman
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2006
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/1/Malaria%20remains%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20infectious%20diseases%20worldwide%20considering%20that.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/
http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2006V02N2_IR02.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.411832015-12-07T00:58:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/ Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development Abdullah, Wan Omar Mohd Noh, Lokman Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide considering that 40% of the world’s population live in health risk areas and millions of febrile episodes due to malaria infection occur annually in children under the age of five in Africa alone and almost 3 million patients, primarily children, die each year. Among the various measures envisaged, to contain the disease, the concept of a vaccine to protect humans against malaria appears particularly attractive. The development of an effective malaria vaccine represents one of the most important approaches to provide cost-effective intervention, in addition to currently available malaria control strategies. Here, we review malaria as a public health problem and the status and promise in malaria vaccine development. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2006-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/1/Malaria%20remains%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20infectious%20diseases%20worldwide%20considering%20that.pdf Abdullah, Wan Omar and Mohd Noh, Lokman (2006) Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2 (2). pp. 27-35. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2006V02N2_IR02.pdf
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description Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide considering that 40% of the world’s population live in health risk areas and millions of febrile episodes due to malaria infection occur annually in children under the age of five in Africa alone and almost 3 million patients, primarily children, die each year. Among the various measures envisaged, to contain the disease, the concept of a vaccine to protect humans against malaria appears particularly attractive. The development of an effective malaria vaccine represents one of the most important approaches to provide cost-effective intervention, in addition to currently available malaria control strategies. Here, we review malaria as a public health problem and the status and promise in malaria vaccine development.
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author Abdullah, Wan Omar
Mohd Noh, Lokman
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title Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
title_short Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
title_full Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
title_fullStr Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
title_full_unstemmed Malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
title_sort malaria as a public health problem and status of vaccine development
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2006
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/1/Malaria%20remains%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20infectious%20diseases%20worldwide%20considering%20that.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41183/
http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2006V02N2_IR02.pdf
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