Monday, December 8, 2008

Malaria vaccine cuts infection rates 'by up to 65 percent' (AFP)

A woman waits in a clinic with her four-year-old nephew who has malaria in the town Xai Xai, 200km north of Maputo, Mozambique, 2005. An experimental malaria vaccine was able to reduce the rate of infection and disease in children by 53 to 65 percent in two clinical trials conducted in Africa, according to studies released Monday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - An experimental malaria vaccine was able to reduce the rate of infection and disease in children by 53 to 65 percent in two clinical trials conducted in Africa, according to studies released Monday.


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