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Mortein Battles Malaria In Lagos
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As part of efforts to curb the devastating effect of malaria on pregnant women and children, Mortein in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) intensified its anti-malaria ...

Vatican Radio
Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance - VOA
Voice of America
Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is ...
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership accellerates its fight against the diseaseVatican Radio
Malaria fight at a 'tipping point,' experts tell CongressGlobalPost (blog)
'Passion is absolutely critical if you want to be a good leader'The Guardian

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The Roll Back Malaria Partnership accellerates its fight against the disease
Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Malaria affects almost half of the world's population and claims the life of a child every minute... the good news is that not only is the deadly trend being reversed, but with the concerted effort of world leaders, NGOs and other ...
Malaria fight at a 'tipping point,' experts tell CongressGlobalPost (blog)
'Passion is absolutely critical if you want to be a good leader'The Guardian

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New malaria test kit gives a boost to elimination efforts worldwide - Science ...
Science Daily (press release)
May 17, 2013 — A new, highly sensitive blood test that quickly detects even the lowest levels of malaria parasites in the body could make a dramatic difference in efforts to tackle the disease in the UK and across the world, according to new research ...

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A new, highly sensitive blood test that quickly detects even the lowest levels of malaria parasites in the body could make a dramatic difference in efforts to tackle the disease.

CBS News
Parasite may make malaria-infected mosquitoes love smelly humans
CBS News
The parasite that infects a mosquito with malaria may be behind the bug's affinity for the human scent, a new study published in PLOS ONE on May 15 reveals. Human skin lets out more than 350 different odor molecules, according to NPR. This includes a ...
Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes More Attracted to Humans - VOAVoice of America
Human Scent Is Even Sweeter For Malaria MosquitoesNPR (blog)
Malaria mosquitoes drawn to smelly socks, scientists sayLos Angeles Times
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Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are attracted to body odour
GhanaWeb
Mosquitoes infected with the malaria-causing parasite P. falciparum have an increased ability to smell human beings' body odour, making it easier to find their victims and infect them with malaria, according to a new study reported by the BBC ...

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HALA MAGAZINE (No. 5) on #Malaria debuts for FREE!!!
360Nobs.com
The disease entity known today as malaria has been in existence for over four thousand years. Ancient Chinese medical writings had documented its characteristic symptoms as far back as 2700BC. A cursory look into the archeology and history of ...

Latinos Post
Malaria Infection Makes Mosquitoes Crave Humans
Latinos Post
Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to human body odor than uninfected insects are, suggests a new study out of London, England. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found the parasites ...

Raw Story
Malaria parasite drives infected mosquitos to aggressively pursue human blood
Raw Story
British researchers announced Wednesday that they have established that the malaria parasite makes the smell of human beings even more irresistible to mosquitos that feed on our blood. According to a paper published in the Public Library of Science's ...

NPR (blog)
Humans Scent Is Even Sweeter For Malaria Mosquitoes
NPR (blog)
Entomologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine gave malaria-transmitting mosquitoes two places to land: a clean, nylon sock and one worn for 20 hours on the foot of young Dutch man. All the mosquitoes gravitated more toward the ...
Malaria mosquitoes drawn to smelly socks, scientists sayLos Angeles Times
Malaria Mosquitoes attracted to human scent, study shows - GlobalPostGlobalPost (blog)
Malaria infected mosquitoes more attracted to human odor than uninfected ...Science Daily (press release)
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Malaria-infected mosquitoes prefer smelly feet
Wired.co.uk
Previous studies have already linked some pathogens to behavioural changes in their hosts but, as the study explains, the way the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, interacts with its mosquito host is "one of the most important interactions in ...

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Malaria-infected mosquitos love how you smell
msnNOW
Researchers have found that mosquitos carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to the smell of humans than their uninfected friends. According to Dr. James Logan of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, their experiments have ...

Malaria parasite lures mosquito to human odour
Daily Monitor
To carry out the study, the researchers infected malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles gambiae) with the most deadly form of parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. They placed about 100 of the infected insects into a container, along with some nylon stockings that ...

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Malaria Mosquitoes attracted to human scent, study shows - GlobalPost
GlobalPost (blog)
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are somehow manipulated by parasites carrying the disease to make a bee line for the smell of humans, researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say. Mosquito net Enlarge. An Indian labourer takes a ...

Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes More Strongly Attracted To Smell Of Humans
Medical News Today
The infection, which causes fever and headache, and in severe cases can result in coma or death, spreads through human populations because malaria-inducing Plasmodium parasites living in the guts of female Anopheles mosquitoes pass into people's ...

Valley Roadrunner
World Swim Against Malaria - The Valley Roadrunner
Valley Roadrunner
Several Valley Center women participated in the annual World Swim against Malaria in Oceanside on Mother's Day, taking The Roadrunner along with them, of course. The ladies dressed up in their finery and jumped in the ocean. Why? To raise awareness ...

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Malaria campaign chalk success in the north
Myjoyonline.com
Malaria is the leading cause of death in children in Ghana, accounting for 18 per cent of under-five deaths. By sleeping under a mosquito net, malaria deaths can be reduced by 20 percent. Insecticide Treated Nets form a cornerstone in Ghana's strategy ...

Smelly Socks Attract Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes - Gawker
Gawker
If you're in a tropical country and looking to avoid malaria, the scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have an easy pro-tip for you: wash your damn socks. Researchers placed several pairs of smelly socks –which they stank up ...

Malaria infected mosquitoes more attracted to human odor than uninfected ...
Science Daily (press release)
This will provide information that could be used to illuminate how malaria -- a disease which causes more than half a million deaths a year -- is spread from human to human by parasite-infected female mosquitoes which bite people to feed on blood they ...