The ongoing global effort to combat malaria has a new challenge: Anopheles stephensi, a species of mosquito that is able to reproduce in enclosed, urban areas. The scientific community is adapting, ...

Rewilding plus rising temperatures are thought to have enabled the Anopheles sacharovi, which can transmit the disease, to re ...

"We must anticipate outbreaks and move to intervene early to prevent diseases from happening in the first place," researchers ...

The number of people contracting dengue has risen dramatically. In 2000 about 20,000 people died of it, according to the ...

Wednesday, 8th May 2024: A case of malaria has been identified in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The individual is presently stable and receiving treatment. The Public Health team is currently ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria can cause severe symptoms, health ...

Anopheles gambiae, one of the species that carries malaria, is a particularly menacing hunter. There are various estimates of how far the mosquitoes fly, but they tend to range less than half a mile a ...

Returning from a tropical holiday should come with a suntan and sense of relaxation – not a tropical disease. However, the ...

All around the world, the climate crisis has species on the move. This widespread shuffling can push animals closer to humans, with potentially disastrous consequences. Overall, a growing body of ...

They feed at night on humans and animals and are found indoors and outdoors. Anopheles mosquitoes are best known for spreading malaria, although they can transmit other diseases. They are active ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria can cause severe symptoms ...

The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...