Although significant progress has been made in clinical development, a protective malaria vaccine remains elusive. Here we review some of the immune subversive mechanisms used by the Plasmodium malaria parasite and propose a potentially effective strategy to achieve complete protection that may serve as a blue print for clinical usage. The premise is to modulate the immune response with drugs that neutralize suppressive functions and potentiate protective responses. Chloroquine may be a first attractive candidate facilitating protective cellular immune responses by improving cross-presentation and reducing suppressive regulatory T cell responses. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
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Sauerwein, R. W., Bijker, E. M., & Richie, T. L. (2010, June). Empowering malaria vaccination by drug administration. Current Opinion in Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coi.2010.04.001
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