This image, by Keele University's Hilary Hurd, show the gut of a mosquito infected with malaria. Malaria parasites are about to burst from the round sacs. After this the parasites move into the mosquito's saliva, from where it can be transmitted to humans. Pretty neat, huh?
I'm not sure what the progress is in the search for anti-malarials, but I'll try getting up to speed. My grandmother died of malaria in 1999, and with a million others perishing each year, we've got to do something pronto.
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