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Nature 415, 716 (7 February 2002) | doi:10.1038/415716a

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Malaria is a public health problem in more than 90 countries and 40% of the global population is vulnerable to this potentially deadly disease. Around one million children die from malaria each year in Africa alone and resistance to the most commonly used and affordable anti-malarial drugs is developing rapidly.