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The malaria map-makers

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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 2.4 billion people at risk of infection with the deadliest form of malaria live in low risk areas, where the disease could be easily eliminated by using modest control measures.

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  1. Hay, S. I. et al. PLoS Med. 6, e1000048 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000048 (2009).

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