CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2021, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 283-295.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2021.03.001

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Development of malaria vaccines and the challenges

CHEN Sui-lin(), LIU Tai-ping, XU Wen-yue*()   

  1. Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
  • Received:2021-03-29 Revised:2021-05-06 Online:2021-06-30 Published:2021-07-05
  • Contact: XU Wen-yue E-mail:2868633719@qq.com;xuwenyue@tmmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81830067);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82072299)

Abstract:

Historically, the ultimate control and elimination of infectious diseases were all attributed to the inoculation of vaccines. For more than 60 years, scientists have never stopped their efforts on developing effective malaria vaccines. Recently, clinical trials on subunit vaccine RTS,S and attenuated sporozoite vaccine have shedded light on production of a safe and effective malaria vaccines. However, there are still many technical and theoretical bottlenecks that hinder the final development of effective malaria vaccine. In this paper, we analyze the problems currently encountered in the malaria vaccine development process from the view point of biological and immunological characteristics ofPlasmodium spp., in the hope to provide clues and directions for the ultimate development of effective malaria vaccines.

Key words: Malaria, Vaccine, Pre-erythrocytic stage, Erythrocytic stage, Mosquito stage

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