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Malaria is caused by parasites. Around 225 million people come in contact with malaria each yeah and half the population is at risk in getting it. 780,000 of those infected die, and most of those people are children. A vaccine called RST,S/AS01 has reduced malaria infection by around 50% for children who have been treated with all three doses of the vaccine. This vaccine has been under development since 1987. The first test of vaccine in humans occurred in 1997, seven adults received the vaccine and one of those people developed malaria. The second test they were testing the vaccine in Mozambique, in Kenya and Tanzania, the percentage of success of the vaccine varied from 35-53%. The third phase of testing is still under way. 15,000 children in the countries across sub-Saharan Africa were registered. The doctors always stood in touch with the family just in case a vaccinated child became sick. The vaccine is expensive to make but people are encouraged that houses should be sprayed several times a year the kill mosquitoes inside the house. People also encouraged buying net to block the bugs out.
What is a vaccine?
A special version of an antigen that provides resistance to disease
Where does the word “vaccine” come from?
We know that around 200 years ago people who were infected with cowpox were actually receiving a vaccination for smallpox. A vaccination is the process in receiving a vaccine.
Why does a vaccine have to be specifically prepared version of a disease pathogen?
Vaccines are usually given by liquid of even a needle. Theses vaccines work by creating stimulating your immune system to create antibodies against the infectious disease. These antibodies can then be reactivated the fight off those vicious antigens if they ever enter your body.
What is malaria?
Malaria is a disease caused by tiny, single-celled parasites that can kill many people in tropical countries
Is malaria an issue for human health? Provide some evidence.
Malaria is a huge issue to human health because around 225 million people come in contact with it, and 780,000 of those people die, these people are mostly children.
How was this malaria vaccine created?
The malaria vaccine was funded by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, in cooperation with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative in Washington, D.C. The findings of this vaccine were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
How effective was this malaria vaccine based on preliminary results?
This malaria vaccine was not very effective at the start, only having 30% protective efficacy, but later moved into the 35-53% chance, which I thought they made a great jump of percent.
Compare this to the effectiveness of most childhood vaccines.
The polio vaccine protects against poliomyelitis. This is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system. This vaccine was introduced in 1954 and more than 20,000 cases were reported annually in the U.S and around 1000 people die each year. It seems to me that a lot of diseases are in Africa. This vaccine is very affective just like the malaria vaccine.
Malaria is caused by parasites. Around 225 million people come in contact with malaria each yeah and half the population is at risk in getting it. 780,000 of those infected die, and most of those people are children. A vaccine called RST,S/AS01 has reduced malaria infection by around 50% for children who have been treated with all three doses of the vaccine. This vaccine has been under development since 1987. The first test of vaccine in humans occurred in 1997, seven adults received the vaccine and one of those people developed malaria. The second test they were testing the vaccine in Mozambique, in Kenya and Tanzania, the percentage of success of the vaccine varied from 35-53%. The third phase of testing is still under way. 15,000 children in the countries across sub-Saharan Africa were registered. The doctors always stood in touch with the family just in case a vaccinated child became sick. The vaccine is expensive to make but people are encouraged that houses should be sprayed several times a year the kill mosquitoes inside the house. People also encouraged buying net to block the bugs out.
What is a vaccine?
A special version of an antigen that provides resistance to disease
Where does the word “vaccine” come from?
We know that around 200 years ago people who were infected with cowpox were actually receiving a vaccination for smallpox. A vaccination is the process in receiving a vaccine.
Why does a vaccine have to be specifically prepared version of a disease pathogen?
Vaccines are usually given by liquid of even a needle. Theses vaccines work by creating stimulating your immune system to create antibodies against the infectious disease. These antibodies can then be reactivated the fight off those vicious antigens if they ever enter your body.
What is malaria?
Malaria is a disease caused by tiny, single-celled parasites that can kill many people in tropical countries
Is malaria an issue for human health? Provide some evidence.
Malaria is a huge issue to human health because around 225 million people come in contact with it, and 780,000 of those people die, these people are mostly children.
How was this malaria vaccine created?
The malaria vaccine was funded by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, in cooperation with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative in Washington, D.C. The findings of this vaccine were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
How effective was this malaria vaccine based on preliminary results?
This malaria vaccine was not very effective at the start, only having 30% protective efficacy, but later moved into the 35-53% chance, which I thought they made a great jump of percent.
Compare this to the effectiveness of most childhood vaccines.
The polio vaccine protects against poliomyelitis. This is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system. This vaccine was introduced in 1954 and more than 20,000 cases were reported annually in the U.S and around 1000 people die each year. It seems to me that a lot of diseases are in Africa. This vaccine is very affective just like the malaria vaccine.