Malaria is a pernicious public health problem in many areas of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa, where cases recorded represent over 90% of the world total, is particularly badly hit. Modelling by IRD ...
The parasite that causes malaria tinkers with the body chemistry of its host, causing it to produce odors that attract more mosquitoes during a key phase in the parasite’s reproductive cycle, a new ...
Despite the success of prevention efforts, malaria killed 627,000 people in 2012, the majority of them African children, according to the World Health Organization. That averages out to at least one ...