Actualités sur Malaria

Swiss Malaria Group

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Swiss Malaria Group celebrates World Malaria Day and launches a video quiz campaign

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Mosquitoes prefer cooler temperatures

Bern (ots) - Mosquitoes have thermal preferences. This is an important parameter to better predict outbreaks of diseases transmitted by these insects. "If they have a choice, when it's hot, mosquitoes hide in a cool place to rest," says Niels Verhulst, author of a study recently published in the journal Thermal Biology (*). The entomologist from the University of Zurich summarises the results of the experiment he ...

Oxitec

Oxitec and the Government of Djibouti Announce New Multi-Year Partnership to Fight Invasive Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitoes Threatening the Horn of Africa

Oxford, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - With strong support from the Government of Djibouti, this program will pilot a new Friendly™ mosquito control technology to combat the growing threat to the region posed by the rapidly spreading malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi. - Oxitec will work hand-in-hand with the ...

Oxitec Ltd.

Oxitec's Malaria Program Receives New Investment to Expand to Pilot Phases in Two Malaria-Affected Regions

Oxford, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - Oxitec's team of experts will advance development and pilot validation of the Friendly™ mosquito platform to combat two malaria-spreading mosquitoes: the invasive Anopheles stephensi, predicted to cause urban malaria epidemics across Africa; and Anopheles albimanus, which is ...