title: A hat trick--Plasmodium, Anopheles and Homo.
abstract: The genomes of the malaria parasite, its vector and its host are now sequenced. This has been a tremendous scientific achievement. But will it offer hope to the millions who die from malaria each year? Yes, but only if combined with political will and social change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB3 2EH, UK. ma11@gen.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashburner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development