Open AccessTowards Eradication of Malaria: Is the WHO’s RTS,S/AS01 Vaccination Effective Enough?
Author(s) -
Navneet Arora,
Lokhesh C Anbalagan,
Ashok Kumar Pannu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s219294
Subject(s) - malaria , vaccination , virology , malaria vaccine , medicine , immunology , plasmodium falciparum
Recent advances in mosquito eradication and antimalarial treatments have reduced the malaria burden only modestly. An effective malaria vaccine remains a high priority, but its development has several challenges. Among many potential candidates, the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine (Mosquirix TM ) remains the leading candidate.