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IMAGE: Scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, with local and global partners, have artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical compound to treat malaria.
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Credit: Wits University
A vector refers to an organism that carries and transmits an infectious disease, as mosquitoes do malaria.
Lead compounds are chemical compounds that show promise as treatment for a disease and may lead to the development of a new drug.
Antiplasmodial lead compounds are those that counter parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which is the parasite that infects mosquitoes and causes malaria in people.