New Mosquito Control Strategy Uses Fungi to Combat Malaria Through Sexual Transmission Scientists have developed a groundbreaking approach to fighting malaria by leveraging the mating habits of mosquitoes. This innovative method involves genetically engineered fungi that spread during mosquito copulation, offering a promising solution to reduce malaria transmission in high-risk regions. Malaria remains a persistent … Read more
Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through mating. This strategy offers hope for reducing malaria in high-risk regions. Research: Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers in Burkina Faso and … Read more
On 18 December 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first diagnostic test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency which can help to safely deliver WHO-recommended treatments to prevent relapse of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) infection. The prequalification of this G6PD diagnostic test marks a significant milestone in facilitating safe and effective P. vivax malaria … Read more
Malaria, tuberculosis and HIV claim number of lives in the world each year. But as the new year emerges, health professionals are more concerned about another infectious disease — bird flu — that is spreading rapidly across the globe read more Covid emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Since … Read more
Mosquito maintenance As we described previously [16], we maintained An. gambiae (G3 strain) at 27 °C with 80% humidity and a 12 h day/night cycle. Larvae were fed fish food for koi, adult mosquitoes were maintained with 10% sugar in water, and female mosquitoes were fed with purchased human blood to lay eggs. Eggs were collected 48 h … Read more
Mosquito maintenance As we described previously [16], we maintained An. gambiae (G3 strain) at 27 °C with 80% humidity and a 12 h day/night cycle. Larvae were fed fish food for koi, adult mosquitoes were maintained with 10% sugar in water, and female mosquitoes were fed with purchased human blood to lay eggs. Eggs were collected 48 h … Read more