Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise

Vaccine Malaria It is the first malaria vaccine to make it this far and if further studies are successful marketing approval could be sought as early as 2011. ...
by Associated Press
Published: Mon, December 08, 2008 - 10:52 am CST Last Updated: Mon, December 08, 2008 - 10:54 am CST
NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers are reporting promising results for
what may become the world's first malaria vaccine.
In early tests, the experimental vaccine was more than 50
percent effective in preventing the deadly disease in infants and
young children in Africa. A larger and longer test is set to begin
early next year.
It is the first malaria vaccine to make it this far in
development. Findings from two studies of the vaccine were released
Monday at a tropical medicine meeting in New Orleans.
Malaria kills an estimated 1 million people each year, mostly
young children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by a parasite
and is spread through a bite from an infected mosquito.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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