-
Africa: New Fungi Show Promise in Fighting Malaria
The Conversation Africa, 30 May 2019
Bed nets. Insecticides. Sterile and genetically modified insects. Now scientists are adding a genetically engineered toxic fungus to the arsenal of weapons to wipe out mosquitoes… Read more »
-
Africa: Laboratory Fungus 'Kills 99 Percent of Malaria Mosquitoes'
East African, 31 May 2019
A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Read more »
Toxic Fungi Raise Hopes in Fight Against Malaria
By genetically arming an already deadly fungal pathogen with a powerful toxin, researchers conducting an experiment in Burkina Faso dramatically reduced the mosquito "field" population in a part of the world where malaria is endemic and mosquitoes are resistant to chemical insecticides.
The MosquitoSphere team consists of authors on the paper and local volunteers from Soumousso, Burkina Faso. Back row (from left to right): Etienne Bilgo, Oliver Zida, Bema Ouattara; Middle row: Boureima Saré, Judicael Zida, Brian Lovett, Moussa Ouattara, MichaÏlou Sanfo and Bamory Ouattara; Front row: Yaya Ouattara and Jacques Gnambani.
InFocus
-
Malaria remains the leading cause of death in Mozambique, the National Directorate of Public Health has revealed that in the first four months of 2019, 2,961,429 cases of malaria ... Read more »
-
Algeria is the second African country after Mauritius to be officially recognized by the World Health Organisation as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country ... Read more »
-
Some 360,000 children a year in three African countries are to receive a powerful anti-malaria drug as part of a pilot project to help reduce the incidence of the ... Read more »
-
This World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation and partner organisations are promoting a "Zero malaria starts with me" campaign that aims to keep the disease high on the ... Read more »
