Midgut

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This week, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute announced that they have identified a sugar in mosquitoes that the malaria-causing parasite [Plasmodium falciparum] needs. The sugar is essential for the parasite's movement within the midgut section of the mosquito's body.

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