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Some evidence suggests that malaria mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides. Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty Images

June 30, 2023

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered

Rajiv Chowdhury, Florida International University

After recent cases in Florida and Texas, authorities are advising the public to drain standing water sources to keep mosquitoes from multiplying.

May 18, 2021

We’re a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Madelien Wooding, University of Pretoria and Yvette Naudé, University of Pretoria

There is a chemical skin surface difference between individuals who perceived themselves as being attractive for mosquitoes and those that weren’t.

Controlling mosquitoes has a large effect on controlling the diseases they carry. Alvin Baez/Reuters

June 16, 2016

Why new-fangled mosquito controls should not replace tried and tested methods

Utibe Effiong, University of Michigan

Innovations targeted at mosquito control are good but should not draw focus away from the tried and tested public health measures to control mosquito-borne diseases.

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Rajiv Chowdhury
Professor of Global Health, Florida International University
Utibe Effiong
Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
Madelien Wooding
Chromatographic Officer and Researcher, Department of Chemistry & University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
Yvette Naudé
Manager and NRF-rated researcher: Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - University of Pretoria and UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP-ISMC), University of Pretoria

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