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A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds. Finding effective ways to control and eventually eradicate the disease is a high priority of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
NIAID Strategic Plan for Malaria Research (PDF)
NIAID Research Agenda for Malaria (PDF, 2MB)
Scientists Decode Genome of Parasite that Causes Relapsing Malaria—Oct. 8, 2008
World Malaria Day - Global Research Needed to Address a Disease without Borders—April 25, 2008
NIAID Media Availability: Early Promising Results in Malaria Vaccine Trial in Mali—Jan. 22, 2008
NIAID Media Availability: Study of Malaria Parasites Reveals New Parasitic States—Nov. 28, 2007
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