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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rebecca Thomas and Storm Newton

Hopes new malaria vaccine can ‘significantly reduce’ deaths

The UKHSA has warned of a rise in travel-related mosquito infections (Alamy/PA) -

A new malaria vaccine could significantly reduce deaths after research has found it to be “safe and well tolerated”, new clinical trials have suggested.

The jab – known as RH5.1/Matrix-M – targets malaria in the “blood stage”, attacking the plasmodium falciparum parasite that causes the deadliest form of the disease passes through the liver.

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