Malaria Vaccine: Researchers use Mosquitoes on People

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researchers are following a new method to develop a new Malaria vaccine.

About 200 mosquitoes bit him by placing his hand on a box that looked like Chinese food take-out containers.

This experiment resulted in swelling and blistering of the entire forearm.

This clinical trail is malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites that prevent  the subjects from being infected.

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World's first malaria vaccine RTS,S/ASO1 (RTS.S), trade name Mosquirix .

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Its efficiency rate is only 30-40% only.

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University of Washington researchers hope to improve the efficacy of their vaccine by putting it in rodents instead of using mosquitoes.

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