Evolution in vector control

Yannis Michalakis and François Renaud
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Yannis Michalakis: Yannis Michalakis and François Renaud are in the Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS IRD 2724, IRD, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. yannis.michalakis@mpl.ird.fr; francois.renaud@mpl.ird.fr
François Renaud: Yannis Michalakis and François Renaud are in the Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS IRD 2724, IRD, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. yannis.michalakis@mpl.ird.fr; francois.renaud@mpl.ird.fr

Nature, 2009, vol. 462, issue 7271, 298-300

Abstract: Each week some 20,000 people die from malaria. There will be no magic ways of reducing this dreadful toll, not least because the mosquito vector and the parasite itself have formidable abilities to resist control measures. Angles of attack that rest on evolutionary principles are being explored.

Date: 2009
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