Multiple choice

Which of the following was the first vaccine developed against plasmodium falciparum?

  1. Attenuated plasmodium falciparum vaccine

  2. Recombinant vaccine

  3. Anti-disease vaccine

  4. Altruistic vaccine
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The first malaria vaccine to be approved was RTS,S (brand name Mosquirix), which was a recombinant vaccine engineered to express P. falciparum proteins capable of stimulating antibody production against the parasite.

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