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Africa: Invasive Mosquito Linked to New Malaria Outbreaks in Africa
DW, 2 November 2022
Researchers have linked an invasive mosquito to recent malaria outbreaks. The species thrives in urban areas and threatens to undo progress in eradicating the disease Read more »
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Africa: Mosquito Species From Asia Poses Growing Risk to Africa's Anti-Malaria Efforts
The Conversation Africa, 18 August 2022
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Africa: Three Things You Should Know About Mosquitoes
The Conversation Africa, 17 August 2021
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Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas
The Conversation Africa, 19 October 2020
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »
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Africa: New Malaria Mosquito Threatens Mass Outbreaks in Africa
SciDev.Net, 28 September 2020
Africa has just months to react to an invasive malaria mosquito that thrives in cities, before the situation escalates beyond control, experts warn. Read more »
Invasive Mosquito Linked to New Malaria Outbreaks in Africa
Ethiopian scientist Fitsum Tadesse has presented research that suggests a malaria outbreak in the city of Dire Dawa was strongly linked to the invasive Anopheles stephensi mosquito species, causing a large malaria outbreak in Ethiopia. The number of cases reported in the city jumped from 205 in 2019 to 2,400 in the first five months of 2022, largely in the dry season. This species is typically found around India and Iran. But in 2012, it was spotted in Djibouti and has now also been found in neighbouring Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as Nigeria.
According to Thomas Churcher, a professor of infectious disease dynamics at Imperial College London -who was not connected to the research - the species could further spread malaria in Africa. In 2020, 95% of the world's 627,000 malaria deaths were in Africa.
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