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Much shorter version: - vaccines are typically developed against viruses and bacteria; malaria is caused by a parasite. vaccination against parasites is harder
by Arubis 3y ago
Much shorter version:
- vaccines are typically developed against viruses and bacteria; malaria is caused by a parasite. vaccination against parasites is harder.
- TFA posits that, since the worst malaria strains mostly affect impoverished areas, there's less profit motive. I suspect this is true, but would love to see proof.
- yieldcrv 3y agoimpoverished areas ^without an insurance system to scam
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- stephenhuey 3y agoIt's not just a parasite - it's a protist. An online search led me to a snippet from a paywalled online study site that has this text: "Biologically, a protist-disease vaccine is more difficult to develop due to the mechanism and pathophysiology of diseases such as malaria and chagas." More on vaccines for protozoal diseases: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3961066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3961066/ Specifics on the difficulty with a vaccine for malaria: https://www.malariavaccine.org/malaria-and-vaccines/vaccine-development/life-cycle-malaria-parasite https://www.malariavaccine.org/malaria-and-vaccines/vaccine-...