What's your spectrum? MALARIA KILLED 435,000 people last year, most of them in Africa. The parasite that causes the illness is carried by females of some, but not all, species of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. An insect becomes infected by biting an infected human being. Over the course of ten to 12 days, the parasites then multiply inside her. Once this has happened she transmits them with her bite. The threat posed by an individual mosquito thus depends on its species, sex and age. Knowing...
Scanning mosquitoes with infrared light could help to control malaria
The Economist - 18 Dec 2018 18:11
What's your spectrum? MALARIA KILLED 435,000 people last year, most of them in Africa. The parasite that causes the illness is carried by females of some, but not all, species of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. An insect becomes infected by biting an infected human being. Over the course of ten to 12 days, the parasites then multiply inside her. Once this has happened she transmits them with her bite. The threat posed by an individual mosquito thus depends on its species, sex and age. Knowing...
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