World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
MUMBAI: Mumbai's ignominious reputation as the state's malaria capital got cemented further as new figures revealed that the city registered nearly 55% of Maharashtra's 1.38 lakh positive cases in 2010-11, pushing it into the league of the country's worst affected states. Nearly 80,000 cases in Greater Mumbai tested positive for malaria between April 2010 and March 2011, according to statistics
London: In a cramped London laboratory filledwithtesttubes,bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus. For years, Angray Kang at Westminster University and colleagues have been testing whether they could genetically tweak a fungus to kill the malaria parasite carried by mosquitoes.
The civic body won
This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although this highlights
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has distributed 2.4 lakh medicinal mosquito nets to the students of the tribal residential schools to control malaria in the State.
<p>Understanding the endogenous factors that drive the population dynamics of malaria mosquitoes will facilitate more accurate predictions about vector control effectiveness and our ability to destabilize the growth of either low- or high-density insect populations.
The Disease Kills 13 Times More Indians Than Estimated By WHO, Claims Report New Delhi: How many people die of malaria in the country every year?
<p>From which host did the most malignant human malaria come: birds, primates, or rodents? When did the transfer occur? Over the last half century, these have been some of the questions up for debate about the origin of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, the most common and deadliest human malaria parasite, which is responsible for at least one million deaths every year.
Human Scent To Help Attract Mosquito-Eating Arachnid London: The stinky smell of sweaty socks may force you out of a room, but scientists have found that the odour enthrals a spider that preys on malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Researchers who made this amazing discovery said their findings could lead to novel ways to combat malaria that kills thousands of people every year.
In a bid to combat malaria with vaccines, Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals has tied up with Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to produce a vaccine to block transmission of malarial parasite from mosquitoes to humans. Sanjay Singh, CEO of Gennova Pharmaceuticals, said the project is part of PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), a global programme set up with a