Challenges and Approaches for Mosquito Targeted Malaria Control

Title: Challenges and Approaches for Mosquito Targeted Malaria Control

Volume: 9 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jose L. Ramirez, Lindsey S. Garver and George Dimopoulos

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Keywords: Malaria, Plasmodium, Anopheles, mosquito vector

Abstract: Malaria is one of todays most serious diseases with an enormous socioeconomic impact. While anti- malarial drugs have existed for some time and vaccines development may be underway, the most successful malaria eradication programs have thus far relied on attacking the mosquito vector that spreads the disease causing agent Plasmodium. Here we will review past, current and future perspectives of malaria vector control strategies and how these approaches have taken a promising turn thanks recent advances in functional genomics and molecular biology.

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Ramirez L. Jose, Garver S. Lindsey and Dimopoulos George, Challenges and Approaches for Mosquito Targeted Malaria Control, Current Molecular Medicine 2009; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156652409787581600