New strategy for vaccinating pregnant mothers against malaria holds promise for protecting infants

A mother and infant in Malawi have the same repertoire of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite. That suggests that boosting the mother’s immune response to malaria, as via vaccination, will result in better protection for the infant.

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