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An Anopheles mosquito, which can transmit malaria parasites, including Plasmodium vivax

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Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing form of the disease

A vaccine induced an immune response against the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, which can remain dormant in the body and cause a relapse of symptoms

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Mosquitoes made immune to malaria could help stamp out the disease

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A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria

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What we know so far about the malaria cases in Florida and Texas

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A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

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Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

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Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine

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D3H7KJ ANOPHELES STEPHENSI, SEM

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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

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An Anopheles gambiae mosquito

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Mosquitoes are being genetically modified so they can't spread malaria

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3d illustration of blood cells and Plasmodium sp. parasites causing malaria.

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Your gut microbes may influence how ill you get with malaria

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A fungal disease affecting some amphibians may have caused malaria to surge in Costa Rica and Panama

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Amphibian deaths in Central America led to malarial mosquito surge

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Female Anopheles albimanus mosquito on human skin

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Malaria vaccine using live modified parasites shows promise in trial

A "living vaccine" containing malaria parasites with key genes deleted has produced promising results in a small initial trial

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Nearly a third of bites by malaria-carrying mosquitoes are in the day

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Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after just one non-lethal dose

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2021 in review: World’s first malaria vaccine is approved

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World's first malaria vaccine approved for use in children in Africa

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