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Malaria is endemic throughout much of the tropics, causing in excess of 100 million clinical cases and 1 million child deaths in Africa per year. With increasing resistance of the parasites to currently available anti-malarials, paralleled by the increasing resistance of vector mosquitoes to pesticides, malaria is resurgent and represents the most serious threat to human health in the developing world.
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Kay, J., Tyas, L., Humphreys, M.J., Hill, J., Dunn, B.M., Berry, C. (1996). Aspartic Proteinases from Parasites. In: Suzuki, K., Bond, J.S. (eds) Intracellular Protein Catabolism. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 389. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0335-0_31
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