Fungus enhances susceptibility of resistant malaria mosquito to pesticides

In areas where malaria mosquitoes have become resistant to chemical pesticides, mosquito-killing fungi can be an effective tool. Fungal spores can effectively infect and kill malaria mosquitoes, even those that are resistant to pesticides. Moreover, the mosquitoes become more susceptible to the pesticides as the fungal infection increases. Researchers from Wageningen University and their colleagues from South Africa have published an article on this effect in the prestigious journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) of this week.

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