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Insecticide-treated nets may still prevent malaria despite mosquito resistance
2016-02-27 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Insecticide-treated nets may still help prevent malaria despite mosquitoes developing resistance, according to a new study published in Parasites & Vectors. These nets have contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths due to malaria, but in recent years, there has been growing concern that mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the pyrethroid insecticides used on the nets, making them less effective. However, the impact of this resistance on malaria as a public health problem has been harder...
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Deforestation linked to rise in cases of emerging zoonotic malaria
2015-12-18 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A steep rise in human cases of P. knowlesi malaria in Malaysia is likely to be linked to deforestation and associated environmental changes, according to new research published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, is the first to explore how changes in land use are impacting the emergence of the disease. Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite, transmitted between hosts by mosquitoes, which is common in forest-dwelling macaque...
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Modified Mosquitos Block Malaria
2015-11-24 22:27:08| Biotech - Topix.net
This photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles stephensi mosquito crouching forward and downward on her forelegs on a human skin surface, in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum, which it had inserted into its human host. California researchers hatch malaria-resistant mosquitoes and use a groundbreaking technology to ensure the insects pass on the protective gene as they reproduce.
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WHO Experts Urge Demo Tests Before Wider Use Of Malaria Vaccine
2015-10-23 23:15:19| Biotech - Topix.net
The world's first malaria vaccine is promising but should be used on a pilot basis before any wide-scale use, given its limited efficacy, World Health Organization experts said on Friday. The Mosquirix shot, made by GlaxoSmithKline, could potentially help stop millions of cases of malaria in babies and young children in Africa at risk of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
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Researchers identify new gene locus that may protect children from developing malaria in Africa
2015-10-01 16:28:38| Biotech - Topix.net
Published today in Nature , the findings detail a new gene locus that can explain why, in communities where everyone is constantly exposed to malaria, some children develop severe malaria and others don't. Now, researchers can be sure that this particular stretch of our DNA plays a crucial role in the progression of the disease.
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