When an infected female Anopheles mosquito feeds on a person, it injects saliva into the skin, along with the Plasmodium parasite in a form called a sporozoite. These sporozoites migrate to the ...

Interview - From fixing open gutters to educating kids about the importance of bed nets, a "whole-of-society" approach is ...

During the last week, the epidemiological surveillance system received the notification of 165 suspected malaria cases, and ...

Malaria, a parasitic disease spread by Anopheles mosquitoes, has long been one of the world's top killers. According to World Health Organization estimates, there are about 250 million cases and ...

The team tested their technique on the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, which transmits malaria. They altered part of a gene called doublesex, which determines whether an individual mosquito develops ...