Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just
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European experts sound alarm as mosquito- and tick-borne diseases set to flourish in warmer climate
New research presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April)
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US regulators approve simpler, one-dose treatment to prevent malaria relapse
The new drug, GlaxoSmithKline's Krintafel (KRIN'-tah-fell), only targets the kind of malaria that mainly occurs in South America and Southeast
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Study confirms that bromeliads contribute to mosquito breeding in Miami
With vector-borne diseases posing an increasing public health threat to communities in South Florida and elsewhere, a new study led
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Another mosquito species may carry Zika
Another mosquito may carry the zika virus, but more research is needed to confirm the early lab tests, University of
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Novel mosquito net provides children with greater protection against malaria
In a two-year community randomised trial involving more than 15,000 children in Tanzania, a long lasting insecticidal net treated with
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