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NIAID media availability: Examining genetic variability of malaria parasite offers insight

12-10-2006 · EurekAlert!

Back-to-back papers published online this week in Nature Genetics reveal important new details about the genetic variability of the malaria parasite and provide new clues for how it causes disease.

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