Manuel Elkin Patarroyo
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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo
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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo is a Colombian Professor of Pathology and Immunology who made the world's first attempt to create a synthetic vaccine against the protozoal parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of severe malaria, and responsible for the death of ~1.5 million people per year in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. The vaccine candidate, first developed in 1987 in Colombia, was evaluated in clinical trials carried out by the WHO in
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Colombian scientist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Elkin_Patarroyo
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2003-08-11T21:47:27Z
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2024-08-29T15:39:06Z
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