Malaria makes its hosts smell better to draw more mosquitoes, research finds
Sneaky, sneaky plasmodium.
Sneaky, sneaky plasmodium.
A drug developed in the 1980s to fight parasites can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes when taken in a ...
This looks like a better alternative to wiping out mosquitoes at the population level.
Mosquitoes learned to associate smells with vibrations mimicking human hand movements produced by "the vortexer" machine.
It seems counterintuitive, but it can work.
A mosquito with a gene that blocks the malaria parasite has been created in the laboratory, a new research reports.
They're a really tough species to fight.
Believe it or not, there's actual scientific proof backing this advice.
The Arctic is overrun with giant mosquitoes: larger, furrier versions of the mosquitoes we all know and hate. As temperatures ...
The ability to keep malaria under control is crucial - the disease is highly contagious and the potential health hazards ...
Fungus gnats (Bradysia species) – also known as dark-winged fungus gnats, are small, mosquito-like insects often found in homes and ...
Reporting in PLOS Medicine, researchers found that for every 1000 children who received the vaccine, 800 malaria cases can be ...
The Anopheles gambiae is the prime transmitter of malaria. A new genetic method manipulates mosquito populations ...
Finding mosquitoes trapped in amber is truly exciting, but it's not really unique - there have been several reported cases ...
Some 300 million cases of malaria are reported each year in Africa, the continent where the disease is still running ...
In the aftermath of heavy rains from Tropical Storms Debby and Andrea, a giant mosquito species has surfaced and invaded central ...
Mosquitoes are not only extremely annoying, but they're some of the most lethal creatures out there, with malaria infecting over ...
So the male mosquito comes, humming an Elvis song, with a rose in his mouth... maybe I'm taking this a ...
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