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status: — → partial
kind: — → problem
year: — → 1967
statement: — → Can a vaccine prevent malaria at high efficacy?

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+title: A malaria vaccine

+kind: problem

+status: partial

+year: 1967

+statement: Can a vaccine prevent malaria at high efficacy?

+space: infectious-disease

+---

+Parasites are far harder to vaccinate against than viruses. The first two recommended vaccines cut clinical cases substantially in young children, with R21 showing about 75% efficacy in trials. Durable, high protection for everyone remains the goal.

+Closed 2021 RTS,S and 2023 R21 recommended by WHO.

+## Sources

+- [Wikipedia: Malaria vaccine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_vaccine)

+[[Space:infectious-disease|Infectious disease]] · [[Continent:medicine|Medicine]]

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Parasites are far harder to vaccinate against than viruses. The first two recommended vaccines cut clinical cases substantially in young children, with R21 showing about 75% efficacy in trials. Durable, high protection for everyone remains the goal.

Closed 2021 RTS,S and 2023 R21 recommended by WHO.

Sources

Wikipedia: Malaria vaccine

Infectious disease · Medicine