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Nature 425, 437 (2 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/425437a

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Mosquito production mooted as fast track to malaria vaccine

Declan Butler

A leading US researcher is probing an audacious approach to develop a malaria vaccine by cultivating billions of parasites, irradiated to stop them causing disease, in swarms of live mosquitoes.The approach, which builds on experimental results that are 35 years old, is viewed by other top malaria researchers with a mixture of curiosity, incredulity and admiration.