Scientists at the University of California have developed a precision-guided sterile insect technique to eliminate Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, achieving over 99.5% male sterility and 99.9% ...

A feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito, which can transmit malaria.© James Gathany/CDC/AP Women and children wait in line for malaria medication at a health center in Nametil, Mozambique, in ...

FIRST BITE:Courtesy of CDC/Jim GathanyFemale Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding.A decade ago, scientists around the world recognized that despite malaria's tremendous disease burden, research on the ...

“Anopheles gambiae, which the principle focus of our work is probably responsible for a million deaths a year worldwide. So it’s a very significant public health issue.

A Mayo Clinic researcher has discovered a target site within malaria-carrying mosquitoes that could be used to develop pesticides that are toxic to the Anopheles gambiae mosquito and other ...

Mosquitoes, the deadliest animals on Earth, are drawn to individuals based on various factors. Blood type, carbon dioxide ...

At 18,883 genes, the southern house mosquito genome is 22 per cent larger than Aedes aegypti and 52 per cent larger than Anopheles gambiae.

Anopheles gambiae, continued Mr. Fosdick, is “the most dangerous member of a dangerous family”: the malaria mosquitoes.

How to exterminate mosquitoes Target Malaria is one of the most ambitious mosquito suppression efforts in the works. Simoni and his colleagues are seeking to diminish populations of mosquitoes in the ...