This study makes a valuable advance in our understanding of defensive symbionts in insects. It uses a meta-analysis to quantify the magnitude of change in host fitness components when symbionts are ...
Experts warn that asymptomatic Adivasi villagers in Kokrajhar, Assam, are unknowingly spreading malaria, leading to a significant outbreak with nearly 2,000 cases reported. Health officials are taking ...
Health experts warn that asymptomatic Adivasi villagers in Kokrajhar, Assam are unknowingly spreading malaria despite showing no symptoms, leading to a significant outbreak. Increased testing reveals ...
Anopheles stephensi is native to parts of South Asia and the Middle East but was spotted for the first time in the tiny Horn of Africa state of Djibouti in 2012. Djibouti had all but eradicated ...
East Africa faces a deadly new threat from the arrival of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito native to Asia and the Middle East that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticides. The World ...
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/AFP The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fuelling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress ...
But the emergence of an invasive species of mosquito on the continent could massively increase those numbers. Anopheles stephensi is native to parts of South Asia and the Middle East but was spotted ...