Only a relatively small number of modified mosquitoes would need to be released for the whole population to effectively become malaria resistant, says a geneticist working on the project.

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Malaria cases in Rwanda have dropped by 88 per ... chemicals or microbial agents to water sources to kill mosquito larvae before they mature into adult mosquitoes—using drones.

The emergence of drug-resistant parasites thwarts efforts to control human malaria. How can we understand the mechanism of drug-resistance evolution and build a strategy to delay it? So far ...

The malaria-carrying one is mostly the female anopheles ... according to Africa Centre for Disease Control. Their larvae develop in humid areas containing decaying organic matter (burrows, tree ...

He helped with the first malaria elimination pilot project, setting up a lab under a leaf-roofed office, catching mosquitoes and larvae for experiments when he was deployed to a malaria hotspot in ...

The discovery of dengue larvae at various locations during the winter season has worried health authorities in Rawalpindi. The district administration and health department have finalised a new ...

Malaria, endemic since settlement of the previously ... Larviciding, the use of chemicals to target mosquito larvae at breeding sites, and active case detection were also undertaken.

Malaria is spread by the female anopheles mosquito. When an infected mosquito bites a person, the malaria parasite is passed into the human bloodstream, infecting them. Mosquitoes in turn can pick ...