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Experimental Malaria Vaccine Shows Positive Results Among Children In Small Burkina Faso Study
"An experimental malaria vaccine tested on children in Burkina Faso has shown 'a high level of efficacy' in protecting against the disease, a study published in" Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine said, according to Agence France-Presse. The research, which "was initially planned to study the safety and immune response of the vaccine, known by the name MSP3 ... was led by scientists from the National Center for Research and Training on Malaria in Burkina Faso, the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Paris-based Pasteur Institute," the news agency writes.
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