Preventative treatment with a monthly dose of a newer antimalarial drug can reduce the risk of malarial infection among young children, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine. (sciencedaily.com)
New insight into the fragile pharaoh's family tree shows intrafamilial marriage, and royal lives cursed by malarial infections and bodily defects (scientificamerican.com)
The vaccine contains hepatitis B antigens and protein fragments of Plasmodium falciparum, the species that causes most malarial infections. (discovermagazine.com)