Thursday, January 20, 2011

Studies have shown that a malaria vaccine has a good 15 months validity

 LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) International researchers in the new issue of the British medical journal month period with good validity, it brings hope for malaria prevention and treatment.

Kenya and the United Kingdom researchers report that they and other places in Kenya and Tanzania, more than 400 children injected with the name vaccine, the other will be an equal number of children as control group. The results showed that 15 months after the injection of this malaria vaccine the proportion of children suffering from malaria, compared with the control group, 46% lower.

The study also shows that as time passes, the effectiveness of this vaccine does not appear significantly decreased. Allie Criolo Figure Kenya researchers said the vaccine still has a long-time good results, for the protection of children against malaria, against hope. caused by the Plasmodium

Malaria, transmitted through mosquito bites, the main symptoms are fever, headache and vomiting, such as the lack of timely treatment may be life-threatening.

No comments:

Post a Comment