Fighting malaria: mosquitoes know how.
The mosquito fights malaria to the incidental benefit of humans. In this issue, define states of "basal" and "induced" immunity and show that a single genetic manipulation can rid the mosquito of a noxious parasite.
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Bruce
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Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000502:physiology*