malaria mosquito

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malaria mosquito - transmits the malaria parasite

mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

Anopheles, genus Anopheles - malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae

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малярийный комар

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(2017) reported that PBO significantly enhanced the susceptibility of resistant Anopheles gambiae to deltamethrin and permethrin in Ghana.

Evaluation of some Synthetic Pyrethroids and Piperonyl Butoxide Combinations against Turkish House Fly (Musca domestica L.) Populations

The research team at Imperial College London crashed captive populations of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae in only 7-11 generations, the university said.

UK researchers make malaria breakthrough

The technique used in this study was designed to target the specific mosquito species Anopheles gambiae that is responsible for malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.

Malaria mosquitoes wiped out in lab trials of gene drive technique

In experiments with the species Anopheles gambiae, scientists at Imperial College London tweaked a gene known as doublesex so that more females in each generation could no longer bite or reproduce.

With Genetic Tweak, Mosquito Population Made Extinct

Elizabethkingia anophelis is an emergent pathogen first described from midgut specimens of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito (1).

Elizabethkingia anophelis and Association with Tap Water and Handwashing, Singapore

The anopheles gambiae mosquito is the vector responsible for the transmission ofmalaria.

Eliminating malaria

The mosquito species Anopheles gambiae is a major carrier of malaria parasites in sub-Saharan Africa, where 90 percent of annual malaria deaths occur.

Infertility gene in mosquitoes to curb malaria

Inside an Anopheles gambiae mosquito, Plasmodium undergoes a series of infection steps before reaching the mosquito's salivary gland, from which it spreads to bitten humans.

CRISPR/Cas9 technique suppresses malaria infection in mosquitoes

Predation efficiency of Anopheles gambiae larvae by aquatic predators in western Kenya highlands.

Characterisation of breeding sites of anopheline mosquitoes in District Bannu, KPK, Pakistan

And in yet another study, where light traps were baited with carbon dioxide, researchers were able to establish that one of the three mosquitoes that spread malaria - the anopheles gambiae mosquito - bites their hosts at night.

How we pinned down what attracts mosquitos that carry dengue fever

Christophides, "Novel factors of Anopheles gambiae haemocyte immune response to Plasmodium berghei infection," Parasites & Vectors, vol.