Scientists made an incredible discovery not only treats malaria but takes down even the most drug-resistant parasites while ...

Malaria is a life-threatening disease. It’s typically transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Infected mosquitoes carry the Plasmodium parasite. When this mosquito bites ...

The sudden freezing of US aid to malaria projects comes as deadly new variants are spreading in Africa and could have a ...

"Because malaria transmission in the United States has not been a big issue, there is no surveillance of Anopheles [marsh mosquito] populations," explained Photini Sinnis, a professor at the Johns ...

Aedes and Anopheles, another drone (named after the mosquito that transmits malaria), can identify homes that are prone to flooding — and whose dwellers are at greater risk of stepping into ...

Equally important is keeping our surroundings clean and ensuring there is no stagnant water, which facilitates the breeding of female anopheles mosquitoes responsible for malaria transmission.

Since mosquitoes also manipulate the host blood clotting process ... “Our findings not only apply for Anopheles and malaria; this could apply for Aedes and the viruses that it transmits. It could ...

Global Malaria Burden: In 2022 ... and semi-field environments to mimic natural conditions. Adult Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes, reared from larvae in an area with insecticide-resistant mosquitoes ...

The malaria-carrying one is mostly the female anopheles mosquito found in humid and low altitude areas, but Nairobi is mostly cold and conducive to Culex mosquitoes, which don’t transmit malaria.

Nangombe said malaria is primarily spread by Anopheles mosquito and its seasonal transmission peaks between December and April, coinciding with the rainy season. He said the most affected regions are ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria alone kills more than 400,000 people a ...