Abstract
COVID-19 and malaria, a tale of two diseases.
Highlights
Malaria has been with us since ancient times, with Hippocrates believing the disease was spread by corrupted air
A modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases predicted that COVID-19 related disruption, which caused a 25% reduction in antimalarial drug coverage, could have led to as many as 487 900 deaths across Africa in 2020
The single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) is recognised by a Cas13 protein which, like Cas9, uses a guide RNA to bind target sequences
Summary
Malaria has been with us since ancient times, with Hippocrates believing the disease was spread by corrupted air. COVID-19 and malaria, a tale of two diseases On Aug 20, 1894, which is recognised as World Mosquito Day, Sir Ronald Ross showed that female mosquitoes were the vector responsible for transmitting plasmodium parasites, the causative agent of malaria.
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