Malaria is transmitted to people and animals by mozzies. Malarial sporozoites develop inside oocysts and are released in large numbers into the hemocoel of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. This false-colored electron micrograph shows a sporozoite migrating through the cytoplasm of midgut epithelia.
Disease superbugs are mutating faster than we can develop treatments. Andrew Read of Penn State University talks about how better understanding natural selection can help us fight back.
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