Bacteria play role in preventing spread of malaria

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 10:36 in Biology & Nature

Bacteria in the gut of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito inhibit infection of the insect with Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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