In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help.
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Methods that don’t rely on insecticides are needed to bolster the fight against mosquito-borne diseases.
It is estimated that half of world’s population is at risk of being infected by an arbovirus.
What we call mosquitoes are actually 3500 different types of insects, and they all behave differently.
Mosquitoes are among the deadliest animals in the world. Half of the deaths attributed to them are associated with malaria. But they carry other parasites and viruses that threaten human health.
There is a chemical skin surface difference between individuals who perceived themselves as being attractive for mosquitoes and those that weren’t.
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Chromatographic Officer and Researcher, Department of Chemistry & University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Manager and NRF-rated researcher: Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - University of Pretoria and UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP-ISMC), University of Pretoria
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Senior Medical Scientist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases