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GN14325 -- Picture shows the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, the primary malaria-causing vector in humans. A. gambiae, transmits the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum to humans, where the parasite completes several stages of its life cycle. MUST CREDIT: Jim Gathany, U.S. Centers for Disease Control 

GN14326 -- Picture shows teenagers at risk in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 90% of the worldÕs annual cases of malaria illnesses (500 million) and deaths (2.7 million) occur in sub-Saharan Africa. MUST CREDIT: M. Coluzzi, Universitˆ la Sapienza, Roma, Italy