WHO declares Georgia malaria-free, but why does malaria persist despite vaccine challenges and historical breakthroughs in ...

The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...

Different kinds of mosquitoes overwinter in different stages of life, with some surviving through the colder months as eggs and others, like those in the Anopheles genus, overwinter as adults.

Malaria is a life-threatening disease. It’s typically transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito ... that favours the reproductive stages of the parasite in the mosquito.