Research has led to the discovery of the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa. Malaria is caused by a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first batch of genetically engineered non-biting mosquitoes will be released in Djibouti on Thursday in an ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi—an invasive and deadly ...

Nairobi — Kenya Medical Research Inistitute (KEMRI) researchers have detected a new dangerous mosquito vector dubbed 'Anopheles Stephensi' that thrives in urban and rural areas. The new mosquito ...

The mosquito Anopheles stephensi carries the two most deadly strains of the plasmodium parasites. HANDOUT . / REUTERS Wanted, dead or alive: In Kenya, the Anopheles stephensi is now the number one ...

Modelling research in 2020 found that if Anopheles stephensi spread widely in Africa it would put more than 126 million people in 44 cities at risk of malaria. Djibouti became the first African nation ...

Scientists tracking an outbreak in Ethiopia found the ‘strongest evidence yet’ that the Anopheles stephensi is behind rising cases Sarah Newey Global Health Security Correspondent, in Bangkok Sarah ...

Compelling evidence has emerged that a malaria outbreak in Ethiopia this year was caused by the arrival in eastern Africa of an insecticide-resistant species of mosquito (Anopheles stephensi). The ...

USF researchers used AI and citizen science to identify what may be the first Anopheles stephensi mosquito ever detected in Madagascar — a species capable of spreading deadly malaria across urban ...