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疟疾疫苗有望2015年问世

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-10-09 08:00 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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British drug maker¹ GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world's first malaria² vaccine³ after trial data showed that it had cut the number of cases in African children.

英国制药公司葛兰素史克正在寻求管理机构批准生产世界上首款疟疾疫苗，统计数据显示该疫苗减少了非洲儿童的发病率。

Experts say that they are optimistic about the possibility of the world's first vaccine after the trial results.

Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic⁴ disease, kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year.

Scientists say an effective vaccine is key to attempts to eradicate⁵（根除，灭绝） it.

The vaccine known as RTS,S was found to have almost halved⁶ the number of malaria cases in young children in the trial and to have reduced by about 25% the number of malaria cases in infants.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is developing RTS,S with the non-profit Path Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

"Many millions of malaria cases fill the wards⁷ of our hospitals," said Halidou Tinto, a lead investigator⁸ on the RTS,S trial from Burkina Faso.

"Progress is being made with bed nets and other measures, but we need more tools to battle this terrible disease."

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1 maker
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。 A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 malaria
n.疟疾
参考例句：
He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。 Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

3 vaccine
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
参考例句：
The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。 She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

4 parasitic
adj.寄生的
参考例句：
Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？ By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说，这是种寄生虫的生活方式。

5 eradicate
v.根除，消灭，杜绝
参考例句：
These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。 They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

6 halved
v.把…分成两半( halve的过去式和过去分词 )；把…减半；对分；平摊
参考例句：
The shares have halved in value . 股价已经跌了一半。 Overall operating profits halved to $24 million. 总的营业利润减少了一半，降至2，400 万元。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 wards
区( ward的名词复数 )；病房；受监护的未成年者；被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句：
This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。 It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。

8 investigator
n.研究者，调查者，审查者
参考例句：
He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。 The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

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