The mosquito kills more humans than any other creature in the world. The decades-long search for an effective, commercially viable vaccine against malaria has yet to produce its desired results. Though major pharmaceutical companies have been working towards this goal, limited funding has, until recently, severely hampered efforts.
Left, mosquitoes wait to be dissected for use in a malaria vaccine project run by Sanaria Inc. in the United States.
These photographs, courtesy of Malaria Consortium, are part of an eight-week exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan that begins March 15.
