The present invention provides a protein comprising a mutated LAIR-1 fragment, which broadly binds to erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum. The protein comprising the mutated LAIR-1 fragment may be useful in the prevention and/or treatment of malaria. The present invention furthermore provides a nucleic acid encoding a mutated LAIR-1 fragment, a vector comprising such a nucleic acid as well as a respective pharmaceutical composition.