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Vaccine protects against malaria in early test

Shots enable people to fend off infection

PREVENTING INFECTION  An experimental vaccine against malaria has tested well in  early research. The  Anopheles mosquito, one shown here, spreads the parasite causing malaria.

Global Health - Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

The long, bumpy path to a malaria vaccine may have hit a smooth stretch as an early-stage study finds that multiple injections with inactivated malaria parasites can protect against the disease.