This parasite is not, however, as deadly as Plasmodium falciparum, the main cause of malarial mortality.
It is now working on a modification that will arm malarial mosquitoes with antibodies to attack the parasites.
Matthew Lloyd, 35, who works at Southampton General Hospital, needs life-saving treatment after taking part in anti-malarial vaccine tests.
They are also much more likely than non-African mosquitoes to carry the deadliest of the four malarial parasites, Plasmodium falciparum.
Her first inclinations toward making wine came in the midst of a malarial fugue while she was living in Africa.
As revolutionary echoes from France made London's potentates tremble, cargoes of ex-slaves were dumped on a malarial strip of impossible land.
In Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the principle carrier of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the most dangerous of four different parasites.
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He discovered that infants given doses of an anti-malarial drug called Fansidar along with their regular childhood vaccinations often acquired immunity to malaria.
The nightmare scenario, however, is a repeat of what took place in the 1980s, with what was then the most commonly used anti-malarial drug, chloroquine.
Global warming is often predicted to cause a devastating increase in the range and frequency of malaria, but somebody forgot to tell the malarial mosquitoes.
Emerging data are showing significant reductions in malarial illnesses and deaths.
Another practical point is that the type of malarial parasite used in this and many other experiments is not actually one that causes human disease.
This has led many to reason that malarial infections will increase.
That the problems of a desperately poor malarial country in Africa might be somewhat different from those of wealthy, non-malarial Scandinavia seems not to have occurred to them.
The last century saw deployment of anti-malarial drugs and a range of control measures, from marsh drainage to insecticides to bednets, across the tropical regions that are the disease's hinterlands.
Sir Ronald, who discovered the malarial parasite living in the gastrointestinal tract of the Anopheles mosquito in the 19th Century, recruited teams to eliminate the larvae from stagnant pools and marshes.
Another proven tactic is to provide pregnant women with a couple of hefty doses of anti-malarial drugs when they visit antenatal clinics, whether they show symptoms of the disease or not.
Since 2005, when the Gates Foundation began work on malaria advocacy, it has helped not only with fundraising and advocacy, but also with developing anti-malarial drugs and looking for a treatment.
To reach their conclusion, Dr Rich and Dr Wolfe studied the DNA sequences of malarial parasites collected from nearly 100 wild or formerly wild chimpanzees born in central and west Africa.
Its widespread use against malarial mosquitoes saved countless lives.
Donors have promised more money, and African governments have promised to make better use of existing weapons in the anti-malarial armoury, the cheapest and most effective of which have been woefully neglected.
Another proven technique is to provide pregnant women with a couple of hefty doses of anti-malarial drugs when they visit antenatal clinics, whether the women show signs of the disease or not.
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When the rains come in April and the Bedunge turns to marsh and then glutinous mud, sending up clouds of malarial mosquitoes, this region is all but cut off from the outside world.
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Gains need to be maintained and financing for buying and distributing the essential commodities such as pediatric amoxicillin, long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets (LLINs), anti-malarial treatment, oral-rehydration treatment and zinc, needs to be sustained.
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But it is likely to cost considerably more than Lariam, the controversial anti-malarial treatment produced by their rivals Roche, which has been the focus of numerous health scares because of its potential side effects.
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