News tagged with anopheles mosquitoes
New mosquito repellant could be frightening ... for the mosquitoes!
In a small, narrow, temperature-controlled lab room at Vanderbilt University live some of the most deadly and dangerous animals in the world.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Microbial communities on skin affect humans' attractiveness to mosquitoes
The microbes on your skin determine how attractive you are to mosquitoes, which may have important implications for malaria transmission and prevention, according to a study published Dec. 28 in the online journal PLoS ON ...
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Mosquitoes can't spot a spermless mate
A female mosquito cannot tell if the male that she has mated with is fertile or 'spermless' and unable to fertilise her eggs, according to a new study from scientists at Imperial College London.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Stinky feet could pave the way for better ways to stop mosquitoes
With Memorial Day weekend approaching and temperatures across the nation steadily increase to summertime highs, thoughts turn to picnics, ballgames -- and bug bites. Now, a new way of stopping mosquitoes could ...
May 27, 2011 |
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Certain bacteria render mosquitoes resistant to deadly malaria parasite
cientists have identified a class of naturally occurring bacteria that can strongly inhibit malaria-causing parasites in Anopheles mosquitoes, a finding that could have implications for efforts to control malaria. The study, ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Malaria mosquitoes guided by bacteria
The composition of our skin bacteria determines whether we are attractive to malaria mosquito. This insight should make it possible to develop an effective odor trap for mosquitoes.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Genetic markers offer new clues about how malaria mosquitoes evade eradication (w/ Video)
The development and first use of a high-density SNP array for the malaria vector mosquito have established 400,000 genetic markers capable of revealing new insights into how the insect adapts to outsmart insecticides and ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Bad news for mosquitoes: Study may lead to better traps, repellents
Yale University researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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To a mosquito, matchmaking means 'singing' in perfect harmony
Researchers have new insight into the sex lives of the much-maligned mosquitoes that are responsible for the vast majority of malaria deaths, according to a report published online on December 31st in Current Bi ...
Jan 01, 2010 |
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Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a 'mating plug' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Are sterile mosquitoes the answer to malaria elimination?
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, is one suggested solution to the problem of malaria in Africa. A new supplement, published in BioMed Central's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Advances in malaria research show promise for fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases
In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Major study links malaria mosquitoes to Amazon deforestation
(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of the most field-intensive efforts to explore the connection between malaria and tropical deforestation, a team led by Jonathan Patz, a specialist in the link between environment and health at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Old stain in a new combination
New combinations of agents based on the oldest synthetic malaria drug, the methylene blue stain, can curb the spread of malaria parasites and make a significant contribution to the long-term eradication called for by the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 20, 2009 |
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Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified
Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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