通过蚊子传播的疟疾每年在世界范围内造成300 多万人死亡,其中绝大多数是贫穷国家5岁以下的儿童。如何防治疟疾,一直是各国科学家们研究的课题。最近,美国科学家在这方面的研究取得了一些进展。通过研究,他们发现了蚊子的基因密码,同时找出了蚊子体内携带寄生虫,包括导致疟疾的疟原虫的基因。这样就为有针对性地研制药物提供了可能。 Malaria, transmitted through mosquitoes, causes more than 3 million deaths worldwide each year, the vast majority of which are children under 5 in poor countries. How to prevent and treat malaria has always been a topic that scientists from all over the world have studied. Recently, some progress has been made in this aspect by American scientists. Through their research, they discovered the genetic code of mosquitoes and identified the genes that carry parasites in the mosquito, including the malaria parasite that causes malaria. This provides the possibility of targeted drug development.