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Advancing the development of microneedles by probing the mosquito proboscis

Baweleta IshoDecember 23, 2020December 22, 2020

Mosquitoes are known to cause millions of deaths worldwide annually due to their transmission of pathogens, such as malaria, when feeding on hosts. Mosquitoes use a combination of numbing agents,...

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Mosquito-borne tropical diseases are coming back to bite us

Noelle YeeOctober 5, 2020October 4, 2020

Vectors are organisms that transmit pathogens from one host to another, spreading viruses, bacteria and parasites that cause human illness. Annually, vector-borne infections are responsible for over 700,000 deaths, with...

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Behind Enemy Lines: Using Vector Biology to Reduce Disease Transmission

Angela Zhou & Heather MacGregorJune 15, 2015June 15, 2015

Nearly half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria infection, a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Plasmodium. Without an approved malaria vaccine, infection prevention has focused...

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Advancing the development of microneedles by probing the mosquito proboscis

Mosquito-borne tropical diseases are coming back to bite us

Behind Enemy Lines: Using Vector Biology to Reduce Disease Transmission

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