New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Trials of an experimental malaria vaccine have shown promise to protect mothers from malaria during pregnancy, according to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Malaria parasites are spread by Anopheles mosquitoes, including those of the species Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). While it can cause illness in people of any age, pregnant women, infants, and very young children are particularly vulnerable to life-threatening diseases. An estimated 50,000 maternal deaths and 200,000 stillbirths occur in Africa every year due to malarial parasitemia in pregnancy. The trials showed that the PfSPZ vaccine — a radiation-attenuated jab based on Pf sporozoites (a stage of the
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