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Malaria experts are buzzing with the news that scientists have cracked the genetic codes of both the malaria parasite and the principal mosquito that carries it to humans. Malaria is one of the world's deadliest diseases--striking some 500 million people a year and killing as many as 3...
But he added that the vaccine is a valuable preventative step with little risk.
Incoming first-years receive informational packets in the mail which strongly recommend the vaccine. Harvard also offers the vaccinations.
The vaccine cannot protect against all strains of the disease. About one-third of all cases cannot be prevented.
“The vaccine we typically use protects against four strains...the problem is, the major strain in the U.S. is strain B,” said Mark S. Pasternack, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and chief of the pediatric infectious disease unit at the...