parasites have been with us since the beginning of time, and fossils of mosquitoes up to thirty million years old show that ’s vector has existed for just as long. The parasites causing are highly specific, with man as the only host and mosquitoes as the only vector. Every year, 300,000,000 people are affected by malaria, and while less than one percent of these people die, there are still an estimated 1,500,000 deaths per year. While Malaria was one of the first infectious diseases to be treated successfully with a drug, scientist are ....