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Caption: A female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquiring a blood meal from her human host. Drug resistance is a major threat to the control and eradication of malaria and can lead to treatment failure, increased spread of the disease, and higher morbidity and mortality. Many ‘old’ antimalarials, including chloroquine and mefloquine, are now of limited use because of drug resistance.
Credit: James Gathany, CDC
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