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Five new malaria vaccine targets identified

US scientists have identified five malaria vaccine targets that have the potential to reduce the parasite’s ability to invade blood cells. Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. In 2015, malaria was responsible for the death of nearly half a million people globally.