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Bed nets. Insecticides. Sterile and genetically modified insects. Now scientists are adding a genetically engineered toxic fungus to the arsenal of weapons to wipe out mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite.
Although insecticides and insecticide-laced bed nets, by far the two most commonly employed strategies, have effectively lowered the numbers of infections and deaths, the global malaria burden has not declined in the past few years. In 2017, 219-million people were infected with malaria and an estimated 435,000 died. That is because mosquitoes are evolving resistance to insecticides.