# Scientists breed a 'pan-African' malaria parasite to build a better whole-parasite malaria vaccine

Source: [Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-scientists-pan-african-malaria-parasite.html) · 2026-11-13 · Medicine
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Researchers have created a hybrid malaria parasite that combines the manufacturing advantages of the strain used in every current whole-parasite malaria vaccine with the much higher liver infectivity of a parasite collected recently in East Africa. The work is published in JCI…

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- [Scientists breed a 'pan-African' malaria parasite to build a better whole-parasite malaria vaccine](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-scientists-pan-african-malaria-parasite.html) — Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories, 2026-11-13

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