Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

Almost half a million mosquitoes are drafted to fight malaria

High-volume tests identify nearly 6,000 molecules that prevent the malaria parasite from multiplying in the liver.
Human red blood cell infected with the malarial parasite

The malaria parasite (blue) infects a red blood cell. Infection of blood cells triggers symptoms such as fever and chills. Credit: Mordun Scientific Ltd/SPL/Getty

An assembly-line-style test found thousands of compounds that hold promise for halting the malaria parasite’s spread through the body.

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Get just this article for as long as you need it

$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Nature 564, 165 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07664-8

References

Subjects

Latest on:

Nature Careers

Jobs

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing

Search

Advanced search

Quick links