MICROBIOLOGY: Mosquito-Killing Fungi May Join the Battle Against Malaria

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Science 10 June 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5728, pp. 1531 - 1533
DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5728.1531a

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MICROBIOLOGY:
Mosquito-Killing Fungi May Join the Battle Against Malaria

Martin Enserink

In this issue of Science (pp. 1638 and 1641), two research groups report the results of lab experiments and field tests in Tanzania indicating that fungal spores can infect and kill adult Anopheles mosquitoes, the vectors of malaria parasites.

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REPORTS Fungal Pathogen Reduces Potential for Malaria Transmission: Simon Blanford, Brian H. K. Chan, Nina Jenkins, Derek Sim, Ruth J. Turner, Andrew F. Read, and Matt B. Thomas (10 June 2005)
Science 308 (5728), 1638. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1108423]
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REPORTS An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Control of Adult African Malaria Mosquitoes: Ernst-Jan Scholte, Kija Ng'habi, Japheth Kihonda, Willem Takken, Krijn Paaijmans, Salim Abdulla, Gerry F. Killeen, and Bart G. J. Knols (10 June 2005)
Science 308 (5728), 1641. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1108639]
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