{"id":343220,"date":"2025-07-22T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=343220"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:20:08","slug":"multi-stage-malaria-vaccine-adfalcivax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/multi-stage-malaria-vaccine-adfalcivax\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine &#8211; AdFalciVax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India is developing a Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate named AdFalciVax.<\/p>\n<h2>About Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine &#8211; AdFalciVax<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343231\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-343231\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-AIR-News.jpg?resize=428%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-AIR-News.jpg?resize=300%2C288&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-AIR-News.jpg?resize=768%2C737&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-AIR-News.jpg?w=916&amp;ssl=1 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; AIR News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> Indian Council of Medical Research \u2013 <strong>ICMR<\/strong>, in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology-National Institute of Immunology (<strong>DBT-NII<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The vaccine aims to <strong>provide protection against human infection<\/strong> while also <strong>reducing vector-borne community transmission<\/strong> of the parasite.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recombinant chimeric malaria vaccine<\/strong>: It is the <strong>first indigenous recombinant chimeric malaria vaccine<\/strong> specifically designed to target <strong>two critical stages of Plasmodium falciparum<\/strong>, the <strong>parasite<\/strong> responsible for the <strong>most lethal form of malaria<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> AdFalciVax holds the potential to <strong>contribute<\/strong> substantially toward <strong>malaria eradication<\/strong> by preventing infection and minimizing community transmission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licencing:<\/strong> ICMR intends to license the technology for AdFalciVax to eligible organizations and manufacturers for further development, manufacture, and commercialization under <strong>non-exclusive agreements. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This approach <strong>aims<\/strong> to enable <strong>wider outreach and maximize public health benefits. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Malaria<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is caused by the bite of the <strong>female Anopheles mosquito (vector)<\/strong> if the mosquito itself is infected with a malarial parasite.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parasites:<\/strong> There are <strong>five<\/strong> kinds of malarial parasites \u2014 <strong>Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax (the commonest one), Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium knowlesi.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After entering the human body, parasites initially <strong>multiply<\/strong> within the liver cells and then attack the <strong>Red Blood Cells (RBCs) resulting in their rupture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong> Symptoms of malaria include <strong>fever<\/strong> and <strong>flu-like illness<\/strong>, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.\n<ul>\n<li>But, it is <strong>preventable and curable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India is developing a Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate named AdFalciVax. About Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine &#8211; AdFalciVax It is a Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine Developed by: Indian Council of Medical Research \u2013 ICMR, in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology-National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) Aim: The vaccine aims to provide protection against human infection while also&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/multi-stage-malaria-vaccine-adfalcivax\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine &#8211; AdFalciVax<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-343220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}