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 ...

These illnesses pose serious risks to community health. Experts predict perfect conditions for disease-carrying insects to ...

Mosquitoes use their sense of smell and taste to find and feed on humans, spreading diseases like dengue. These sensory ...

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 ...

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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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The unusual strategy adopted by the Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City reflects growing concern after the nearby city of Quezon declared an outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness over the ...

A village in the Philippines is offering bounties for captured mosquitoes - dead or alive - amid a surge in dengue fever cases. Residents in Addition Hills in Mandaluyong City will receive one ...

MANILA: Residents in a central Manila neighbourhood lined up on Wednesday (Feb 19), as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty - one peso (US$0.05) for every five mosquitoes ...

Authorities in one of the Philippines' most densely-populated urban centres are offering a cash reward for mosquitoes in an attempt to stop the spread of dengue. Carlito Cernal, village chief of ...