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Stephen T J Ray1, Charlotte E Fuller2, Terrie Taylor3
1Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; Blantyre Malaria Project, Blantyre, Malawi; Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
The Lancet. Global Health
|September 20, 2025
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