KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, ...

Dengue virus, a WHO grade 3 emergency, infected over 10 million individuals in 2024. With no population-effective prophylaxis or direct treatment, there is an urgent need for immediate vector control ...

Variations in temperature, precipitation, and humidity can influence the spread of infectious diseases, including by altering ...

In a recent study, researcher Anandasankar Ray at the University of California, Riverside, and his team employed machine ...

comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Genetically engineered mosquito ... malaria vector in West Central Africa — to fungal spores. Some males were exposed to a wild-type fungal strain, while others were infected with a transgenic strain ...

The final breakthrough came in 1897 when Ronald Ross, in India, demonstrated that Plasmodium completed its life cycle in mosquitoes, proving they were malaria’s vectors. This scientific triumph ...

To combat a dengue outbreak, a village in the Philippines' densely populated capital region is offering a bounty of one Philippines peso for every five mosquitoes residents turn in. At least ...

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which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the malaria species, has a highly complex life cycle controlled by precise gene ...

A multidisciplinary research team is recreating mosquito antennae to better study ... specific sounds amid the hustle and bustle of city life," Zavattieri said. "In times of crisis -- such as ...