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Malaria 2007 -- Progressing research, persisting challenges

05-22-2007 · EurekAlert!

In an editorial in this week's JAMA, Gianna Zuccotti, M.D., Contributing Editor, and Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor in Chief, JAMA, comment on the status of malaria in the world today.

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