A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi – India’s main ...

Compelling evidence has emerged that a malaria outbreak in Ethiopia this year was caused by the arrival in eastern Africa of an insecticide-resistant species of mosquito (Anopheles stephensi). The ...

Research by Lancaster University has led to the discovery of the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa.

The mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, normally is found in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and China. Previous research shows that more than 68 percent of Ethiopia's population is at risk for ...

In early 2022, malaria cases in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa surged, with more than 2,400 people sickened. The spike in infections was the work of an invasive mosquito species that’s spreading ...

Eunice Anyango Owino receives funding from National Research Fund of Kenya (NRF) and International Foundation For science. The detection of this mosquito poses a major public health threat to Kenya ...

Malaria, a vector-borne illness, is a leading cause of death in Africa. The disease landscape of Africa seems to be changing with the transmission of An. stephensi in urban regions. Existing infection ...

Take a look behind the scenes of a recent reports article published in BioTechniques entitled ‘Digital droplet PCR and IDAA for the detection of CRISPR indel edits in the malaria species Anopheles ...

A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for malaria in new regions. A type of ...