Mosquito modifications: New approaches to controlling malaria

Most of the people waiting at the Outpatient Department of Apac Hospital in Northern Uganda are mothers and their malaria-stricken children under five years old. Malaria, carried by mosquito vectors, kills at least one million people worldwide each year. The majority of fatalities are young children living in sub-Saharan Africa, who die of malaria-induced anemia because their undeveloped immune systems cannot fight off the malaria parasite as effectively as an adult's.