Malaria: A 21st century solution for an ancient disease

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The sequencing of the Plasmodium falciparum genome should reveal new parasite protein targets for drug and vaccine development.

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Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 02115–6021, Massachusetts, USA
Dyann Wirth

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Wirth, D. Malaria: A 21st century solution for an ancient disease. Nat Med 4, 1360–1362 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3943