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Malaria (Department of Microbiology, University of Leicester, UK)

Describes the lifecycle of the malaria parasite, the distribution of malaria and its significance as a health problem.
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/224/Malaria.html

Malaria (Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney, Australia)

Gives information about malaria and its presence in Australia. Also provides links to FAQs about insect-borne diseases.
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/malaria.htm

Malaria – An on-line resource (Division of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia)

Information for medical practitioners and laboratory scientists, written in an accessible style. Topics covered are diagnosis, history, prophylaxis, treatment and test and teach. Test and teach includes photomicrographs of blood films for malaria identification.
http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/malaria.html

Malaria special (Nature.com, UK)

Provides information on many aspects of malaria including parasite genome sequencing, treatment options, vaccines and a plasmodium lifecycle movie.
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/malaria/index.html

Risk of malaria transmission (The Exploratorium, USA)

Provides a map showing an increase in conditions suitable for malaria transmission in Europe and the eastern United States.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/global-effects/data3.html

World Health Organization

• Malaria
  http://www.who.int/health_topics/malaria/en/

• Malaria fact sheet number 94
  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/

Drug tactic cuts childhood malaria by 86 per cent (Science and Development Network, UK)

Suggests that the incidence of malaria in children can be reduced by giving artemisinin treatment during the transmission season.
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/drug-tactic-cuts-childhood-malaria-by-86-per-cent.html

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Malaria vaccine (Innovations, 25 September 2006)
  Reports on Australian research to produce a cheap and effective malaria vaccine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1745882.htm

• Malaria (Catalyst, 20 July 2006)
  Describes Australian research towards a malaria vaccine about to be trialled.
  http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1692348.htm

• Malaria vaccine (New Dimensions, 19 August 2003)
  Two Australian scientists discuss their approaches to developing an anti-malaria vaccine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_health/Transcripts/s927466.htm

• The hunt for a malaria vaccine (The Science Show, 27 July 2002)
  Includes interviews with locals in Papua New Guinea about living with malaria as well as reports from scientists who are searching for an effective vaccine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/features/suitcase/png/default.htm

• Malaria in Malawi, bittersweet success
  This feature looks at the research associated with the Blantyre Malaria Project in a small central-African republic.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/malaria/default.htm