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Published online 24 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.184

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The malaria map-makers

Images offer hope that the disease could be brought under control in most areas.

An international team of scientists today published the most detailed global maps of worldwide malaria prevalence ever compiled1; maps they will update annually to track the progress of efforts to fight the disease. The maps show that nearly three-quarters of the 2.

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