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UrduJohn Beier, an expert in vector biology and control at the Miller School of Medicine, answers questions about climate change’s impact on mosquitoes and on the locally transmitted cases of malaria in Florida.
Tag: Vector Control
New Genetic Technology Developed to Halt Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes
Using CRISPR technology, scientists have engineered a new way to genetically suppress populations of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquitoes that primarily spread malaria in Africa and contribute to economic poverty in affected regions.
Malaria cases detected in the U.S. Summer travel and warmer temperature
The spread of malaria is dependent on Anopheles mosquitoes that spread the disease, and it persists in places, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where these types of mosquitoes exist and where there are enough people to keep the parasite thriving in…