A vaccine targeted specifically to prevent cerebral malaria - is there hope?

Expert Rev Vaccines. 2018 Jul;17(7):565-567. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2018.1488591. Epub 2018 Jun 25.

Authors

Lars Hviid^{1

2}, Thomas Lavstsen^{1

2}, Anja Tr Jensen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.
² b Department of Infectious Diseases , Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) , Copenhagen , Denmark.

PMID: 29898617
DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2018.1488591

No abstract available

Keywords: EPCR; ICAM-1; Malaria; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; cerebral malaria vaccine.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Malaria Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Malaria Vaccines / immunology
Malaria, Cerebral / parasitology
Malaria, Cerebral / prevention & control*
Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control*
Plasmodium falciparum / immunology
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification

Substances

Malaria Vaccines