evolution

Drug resistance is a serious problem in health care in general, and in malaria treatment in particular, rendering many of our previously considered ‘wonder drugs’ useless.

Yannis Michalakis & François Renaud GEMI, CNRS-IRD UMR 2724, Montpellier, France Yannis.Michalakis@mpl.ird.fr, Francois.Renaud@mpl.ird.fr
 
Evolutionary thinking started pervading vector control strategies and planning since it was used to explain and manage insecticide resistance. More recently it has been used in the planning of GMMs (Genetically Modified Mosquitoes).
 
A new promising avenue was recently opened by Andrew Read and his colleagues.