A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Mosquito bites can also become infected, typically because of scratching to ease discomfort. Signs of infection include redness and warmth at the bite site. If you have any of these symptoms, see a ...

Its CEO Adar Poonawalla spoke to NDTV on a range of issues, key among them the vaccine for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in ...

What’s worse is that they carry diseases. Mosquito-borne diseases — such as malaria — represent a global health crisis of staggering proportions, infecting 700 million people annually and claiming 1 ...

People are to be sent from Britain to the Netherlands to be deliberately infected with a form of malaria so scientists can study its ... a person is initially infected through the bite of a mosquito.

A student killed herself after anti-malaria tablets left her severely depressed ... insisting that his daughter would never have taken her own life if it had not been for the side-effects of ...

Figure Malaria vaccination timeline: key milestones and events in the WHO African Region in 2024 Despite these achievements, several challenges posed notable threats to the sustainability and ...

Oxitec UK has developed similar technology for malaria-spreading mosquitoes, but the current license application relates to the specific species that carries dengue fever. If a person infected with an ...

The recently-released National Population and Housing Census 2024 indicates that Uganda is making commendable steps towards eradication of malaria as over 87.3 per cent of homes have at least one ...

One of the top regrets people had was not living the life they had wanted ... Nervous, chafing and covered in mosquito bites, I met two other volunteers, and we were picked up in the city.