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Knockout malaria vaccine?

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An effective vaccine against malaria remains elusive. But the finding that a genetically manipulated malaria parasite can protect its host lends fresh appeal to the idea of vaccines involving live attenuated parasites.

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Figure 1: The Plasmodium life cycle and antimalarial vaccination strategies.

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