According to the study, species like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae, only the females bite humans and transmit diseases as they are the ones that require blood to produce eggs. These ...

Parasitic infections of the central nervous system are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. The neurological, cognitive, and psychiatric sequelae of these infections result from a ...

Scientists at Macquarie University have developed the Toxic Male Technique (TMT), a biological pest control method to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes. Genetically engineered male mosquitoes ...

The shrimps (Penaeus vannamei, around 5 g) were purchased from Shantou local farms. Upon delivery, the shrimps were cultured in breeding house tanks filled with aerated seawater at 20°C and ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

Mosquitoes pose a grave threat to human health. They are vectors for devastating diseases like dengue fever and Zika, impacting millions of lives worldwide. Researchers from Australia’s ...

In mosquitoes like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae, only the females bite and cause diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya disease, and yellow fever. “As we’ve learned from ...