Mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are well known as primary vectors of malaria. But a new study suggests that Anopheles species, including some found in the United States, also are capable of carrying ...

Malaria remains a significant global health issue, with around 249 million cases reported in 2022 by the World Health Organization. The malaria-carrying mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, has recently ...

“We now have it within our power to eradicate from the face of the earth that age-old scourge of mankind: malaria.” So said President Eisenhower last week in his State of the Union speech (see ...

More than half a million people, the vast majority being children under the age of 5, die annually due to malaria, with Sub-Saharan Africa as the most highly burdened region. Mosquitoes belonging to ...

A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi – India’s main ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest University of California news every morning. Malaria depends on a complex triangle of biological relationships between the Plasmodium ...

New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Africa, has revealed how this species is evolving in ...

Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes—a major vector of malaria in South America—are evolving in response to insecticides, which may make them harder to kill and malaria more difficult to control, according ...

Scientists have isolated a gene, which determines maleness in the species of mosquito that is responsible for transmitting malaria. The research describes identification and characterization of a gene ...

Research conducted by the Biotechnology and Nuclear Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission reveals that the Anopheles mosquito shows extreme resistance to insecticides in some ...