A mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in flight with its abdomen full of blood. Through its role in the transmission of malaria and yellow fever, it is claimed that the mosquito has killed more than half the humans that have ever lived, and it continues to kill between one and two million people a year, mainly young children.
Photograph by Hugh Sturrock.
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Mosquitocidal fungi may help tackle spread of malaria ('Wellcome Science' article, 13 June 2006)