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Science 15 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5558, p. 1207
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5558.1207a
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
Researchers Crack Malaria Genome

Martin Enserink and Elizabeth Pennisi

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--Genome scientists call it the toughest microbe they ever took on. But at a meeting last Monday, an international group presented the long-awaited first glimpse of the full genome of Plasmodium falciparum, the most important malaria parasite. A project to sequence the genome, begun 6 years ago, is now almost finished, and the results could be published this summer.

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