Malaria vaccines in India: Bridging the gap between hope and reality

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding

This study received no extramural funding.

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Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Authors’ contributions

Samajdar SS, Chatterjee R, and Venkatraman S conceptualized and designed the manuscript. Mukherjee S and Chatterjee N were responsible for gathering relevant literature and supporting data. Samajdar SS, Chatterjee R, and Venkatraman S drafted the initial manuscript. Mukherjee S contributed substantially to the writing and editing process. Chatterjee N and Venkatraman S critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript. Samajdar SS, Chatterjee R and Venkatraman S are the guarantors of the paper.

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