Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

Scientists have developed a new vaccination strategy for malaria — boosting immunity through bites from mosquitoes carrying a genetically engineered version of the parasite that causes malaria.

The mathematical model developed by Target Malaria demonstrates that gene drive mosquitoes could significantly boost malaria control when used in combination with new bed net products and vaccines ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa state experiments with a new weapon against an unprecedented ...

Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year -- most of them African children under five. In ...

Nairobi: 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 against the disease ...

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NAIROBI - 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 against the disease ...

Africa accounted for about 95 percent of the 249 million malaria cases and 608,000 deaths ... But the emergence of an invasive species of mosquito on the continent could massively increase those ...

East Africa faces a deadly new threat from the arrival of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito native to Asia ... key factor in an unprecedented spike in malaria cases in Djibouti and Ethiopia, and ...

Sharjah24 - AFP: Experts warn that a rebound in malaria might undo decades of success against the disease due to the introduction of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban settings and is ...