Abstract
South American Aoutus an d Saimiri monkeys, which are susceptible to infection with human malarias, have been used to develop models for the testing of huma malaria vaccines. Studies indicate that blood-stage and sporozoite vaccines can be tested in these monkeys using appropriate strains of parasites.
malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; monkey; vaccines
South American monkeys in the development and testing of malarial vaccines - a review
William E. Collins1
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Servide, Centers for Disease Control. National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlant, USA
South American Aoutus an d Saimiri monkeys, which are susceptible to infection with human malarias, have been used to develop models for the testing of huma malaria vaccines. Studies indicate that blood-stage and sporozoite vaccines can be tested in these monkeys using appropriate strains of parasites.
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04 June 2009 -
Date of issue
1992
