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Oct 2011 - A malaria vaccine has shown promising results in a clinical trial in Africa.

The vaccine, known as RTS,S, is one of two experimental malaria vaccines being tested around the world.

Each year, about 225 million people get malaria, with about 800,000 deaths, mainly in African children.

photo info: SPOROZOAN THAT CAUSES MALARIA, HAVING INVADED A WHITE BLOOD CELL. SPOROZOANS ARE PROTOZOANS THAT FORM SPORES AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIFE CYCLES. Plasmodium vivax invading white blood cell. Photomicrograph copyright www.cmsp.com

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