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The Malaria Protozoan parasite, of the genus Plasmodium.There are two main types of Plasmodiumthat infect humansPlasmodium FalciparumPlasmodium VivaxTransmitted by female mosquitoesDevelops in mosquito intestineMigrates to salivary glandsTransfers to other organisms through the saliva of the mosquito.The MosquitoA mosquito is an organism of the family Culicidae. The females require a blood meal to develop eggs.The mosquito vector for malaria is the mosquito genus Anopheles.Transfers Plasmodiumthrough saliva while nutrition on blood.http//www.aaenvironment.com/Pictures/Mosquito.jpgMalaria, mosquitoes, and humanshttp//www.clongen.com/Plasmodium%20falciparum%20life%20cycle.gifA Mosquito-borne diseaseMalaria is widespread, and very common in parts of the Americas, Asia, and most of Africa.No vaccine availableOnly medicate is preventative drugs that must be taken continuously.If infected, there is some antimalarial medication available, most notably quinine.Some other preventative meas ures can be takenMosquito nettingInsecticidesDraining standing waterSo, what is this Anti-malaria mosquito?An anti-malaria mosquito is a mosquito that is immune to malaria.This is good becauseThe malaria entrust die inside the mosquito instead of continuing its life cycle.The mosquito will not be able to transmit the malaria to other organisms.There are multiple ideas of how to create such a mosquito.Transgenic mosquitoModified symbiontThe transgenic mosquitoA transgenic anti-malaria mosquito is a mosquito that has had a gene inserted to make it kill the malaria while it develops in the mosquito.There have been many genes tested, including ... ... the genus Asaia stably associate with Anopheles stephensi, an Asian malarial mosquito vector. Proceedings of the field Academy of Sciences 104(2007) 9047-9051.Li, Chaoyang, Mauro Marrelli, Guiyan Yan, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena. Fitness of Transgenic Anopheles stephensi. Journal of Heredity 99(2008) 275-282.Favia, G. Bacteria of the Genus As aia A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease 627(2008)49-59.Yoshida, S. Bacteria expressing single-chain immunotoxin inhibit malaria parasite maturation in mosquitoes. Molecular and biochemical parasitology 113.1 (2001)89-96.Bibliography Ctd.Knols, B. Transgenic mosquitoes and the fight against malaria Managing technology push in a turbulent GMO world. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 77.6, Suppl. S (2007)232-242.