The Allegheny County Health Department plans to treat areas for mosquitoes where positive samples were found in the neighborhoods of Arlington, Beltzhoover, Carrick, Hazelwood, Knoxville, Mt. Oliver ...

For thousands of years malaria was a mysterious illness affecting people across the globe. Even the name of the disease, ‘malaria’, derived from two Italian words meaning ‘bad air’, highlights the ...

Research reveals that male Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes use the sound of female wingbeats to activate their vision and locate mates in crowded swarms. This discovery could lead to innovative mosquito ...

Variant Ionotropic Receptors in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae Tuned to Amines and Carboxylic Acids. Scientific Reports , 2017; 7: 40297 DOI: 10.1038/srep40297 Cite This Page : ...

When a male Anopheles coluzzii mosquito picks up the sound of female-specific wingbeats, his vision becomes active. These findings are detailed in a study published August 30 in the journal ...

Female mosquitoes that have mated are more likely to transmit malaria parasites than virgin females, ... In Anopheles mosquitoes, levels of the hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone ...

Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants.