Malaria infections are not always lethal. One reason for this may be that transmission from mosquitoes creates malaria parasites that trigger a more protective mammalian immune response. See Letter p.228
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Read, A., Mideo, N. The vector as protector. Nature 498, 177–178 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12252
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