Tag: Malaria
Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to...
Penghua Wang, University of Connecticut
Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal. Over 1 million deaths per year are attributed...
The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how...
Steven D. Munger, University of Florida
Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way...
We’re a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some...
Madelien Wooding, University of Pretoria and Yvette Naudé, University of Pretoria
Mosquitoes contribute to the transmission of life-threatening diseases...
More dengue fever and less malaria – mosquito control strategies may...
Jason Rasgon, Pennsylvania State University
As it becomes too warm for comfort, the Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria may lose the battle against climate change...
Malaria: new map shows which areas will be at risk because...
Mark Smith, University of Leeds and Chris Thomas, University of Lincoln
Of an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide each year, around 93% are...
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Amy Y. Vittor, University of Florida; Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, and Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Universidade de São Paulo
The coronavirus...
Genetically modified mosquitoes may be best weapon for curbing disease transmission
Jason Rasgon, Pennsylvania State University
Mosquitoes are some of the most deadly creatures on the planet. They carry viruses, bacteria and parasites, which they transmit...
Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
Jackson Thomas, University of Canberra; Erin Walker, University of Canberra; Gregory Peterson, University of Tasmania, and Mark Naunton, University of Canberra
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic...