Any fever can potentially be malaria,” warned Civil Surgeon Dr Rajeev Parashar during a district-level event held to mark ...

Mahesh Biradar has said that it is everyone’s duty to prevent and eradicate malaria with proper initiatives. He was ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

A study conducted by researchers from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University found that just drinking 350ml of beer could make an individual more attractive to mosquitoes because alcohol ...

Both the Fox Island area in West Richland and the Chamna Natural Preserve were the focus on this day, as the mosquito larvae are present in the local waterways. How does it work? A plane releases ...

However, recent studies have identified that HPPD is essential for insects, such as mosquitoes, to digest their blood meals. In the study, the researchers found that feeding human blood containing ...

BCMC checks various water sites for mosquito larvae and compares the numbers to past years. "The majority of our program, 85 to 90%, is a larviciding program," Shoemaker said. "So we're really ...

However, malaria control is at risk because mosquitoes are increasingly resistant to the chemicals used here. New active ingredients that specifically attack the malaria-transmitting Anopheles ...

Early symptoms of Malaria include fever, chills, headaches and fatigue, which may start within 10-15 days of being bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Persons experiencing any of ...

or even predators of mosquito larvae such as goldfish. Analysis of the researchers' survey results indicated that these three water treatment methods were also effective forms of mosquito prevention.

Additional measures introduced are Intermittent prophylaxis in pregnancy (IPtp) and cross border initiatives, to be able to address the burden of the parasitic disease as a regional challenge. The ...