A molecular quality-control system in Anopheles mosquitoes—the species responsible for most of the world’s malaria cases—is a promising target for future malaria-control strategies ...

When an infected female Anopheles mosquito ... is untangling the molecular mechanisms involved in merozoites infecting red blood cells. He’s using rodent malaria parasites because the invasion ...

For those not in the know, malaria is spread by the Anopheles mosquito ... “ML901 works by an unusual reaction-hijacking ...

But recent research has also shown that blood-sucking insects — including mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles, which spread the Plasmodium parasites behind malaria — need HPPD to digest their ...

Mosquitoes have also developed mechanisms to resist the effects of insecticides. Malaria vector resistance to certain insecticides used in malaria control is widespread in endemic areas.

3 Due to the complex relationship between malaria and climate change, gaps in knowledge still exist in the mechanisms of the ... transmission by indigenous Anopheles plumbeus", Tropical Medicine ...

This cutting-edge approach involves genetic modifications to the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, the main malaria carrier in Uganda. Gene drive aims at disrupting the mosquito population by ensuring ...

Recent findings suggest that chimpanzees have evolved unique genetic mechanisms ... strategies. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, transmitted through the bite of infected Anopheles ...

Dr. Jane Carlton is a globally recognized leader in malaria genomics and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research ...

The County Health Department is committed to accurate data collection, evidence-based resource allocation, community engagement, and integrated health services to achieve sustainable malaria control.