New research co-led by WEHI and Burnet Institute has uncovered how the human immune system fights Plasmodium vivax, paving the way for the first effective vaccine against the most widespread form of malaria.
The study provides critical evidence of how protective immunity to P.vivax works, identifying specific targets on the parasite and explaining how antibodies function to prevent and clear infection.
The findings, co-led by Dr Rhea Longley and Professor Ivo Mueller, are published in Immunity.
