The scientists pinpointed one surprising factor: the genes of Africa's native mosquitoes. "The mosquito species that spreads Zika has two forms, each with different feeding preferences and ...

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"The mosquito is one of the deadliest animals on the planet," declared two South African researchers in a recent Nature article. This tiny insect is responsible for spreading malaria ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa . No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration’s decision to terminate 90 ...

Central African Republic. Working in six-hour shifts at four different places within the city, two team members—one indoors and one outdoors—waited for a mosquito to land on them so they could collect ...

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, according to a ...

[AFP] The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fuelling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease ...

WINDHOEK, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Emerging mosquito strains resistant to current treatments are intensifying the malaria threat in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, an official ...

What if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection to an infection that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually?