While the main malaria vector in South Africa, Anopheles funestus, is susceptible to DDT, a secondary vector, A. arabiensis, has developed resistance to DDT and other insecticides. (discovermagazine.com)
The prize we offered was won by an American entrepreneur, Tom Kruer, and his son Nathan, after they extensively investigated existing scientific literature regarding malaria vector mosquitoes. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
He is inspired because his own group is trying to infect A. gambiae, the main malaria vector in Africa and an even more difficult target to infect. (sciencemag.org)