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"Compelling evidence for the role of carboxylic acid in guiding the mosquito's preference toward specific people"
https://t.co/wredsoM8ux @CellCellPress
A new type of mosquito, the Aedes albopictus (the Asian tiger mosquito), has been discovered in Sacramento County for the first time. Learn more at- https://t.co/2PGrJBFCDq #FIGHTtheBITE
El @MinSaludCol adelanta negociaciones de un memorando de entendimiento que permitirá la llegada de 25 mil dosis de vacunas contra la viruela símica.
ℹ️https://t.co/Sx4175UbXW
🚨 PODCAST: How effective are bed nets and insecticides in reducing #malaria?
Listen to our brand-new #podcast interview with Jane Frances Namuganga, keynote speaker at #FMR2022, on using data to inform policy! 🦟
https://t.co/QvhXoVafY8
Ending this @microbup session with Jean-Christophe Barale from @institutpasteur impressive talk on revisiting reasons for worldwide progressing use of Artemisia annua teas as anti #malaria !
Because of our weak health systems, even highly efficacious technologies will fail to deliver th desired impact
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Example: reduced effectiveness of #malaria treatments in th context of weak health systems
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Cohen et al https://t.co/KN7mX71kVL;
Okumu et al https://t.co/OUOQt441R8
Another malaria CSP antibody story describing the structural basis of how unique homotypic interactions in the L9 antibody result in a potent and protective phenotype! #malaria#cryoEM. Now available in BioRxiv https://t.co/bkP4kqJQ63
Prevention
☑take the antimalarial medicine you're prescribed – you usually need to start taking it a few days or weeks before you go, until a few weeks after you get back.
☑use insect repellent on your skin
☑sleep under mosquito nets treated with insecticide.
#malaria
Tracking the #malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, in rural Tanzania
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This ecology suggest that highly effective control may be achieved by combining species-targeted larval source management, high quality adulticiding, & improved housing
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Kahamba et al| https://t.co/nCsopXF5zi
Need to compile, analyze & visualize data to support #malaria vector control interventions? Check out our "Vector Control Integrated Data Analytics & Visualization Best Practices Guide," developed with @PMIgov support, found here:
https://t.co/8nF0z99vJS
"I would like to see much more adequate control over the major killers globally: #HIV, #tuberculosis, and #malaria. You can just think of the number of lives that would be saved." - Dr. Anthony Fauci on the next significant advancement he'd like to see in ID.
#IDWeek2022
The best way to fight malaria is to prevent infection in the first place. WHO recommends that all people living in malaria transmission areas practice protection against malaria. Two common methods are: using insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying.
#malaria
Demonstration of the functionalities of #DHIS2 during the @SwissTPH@ifakarahealth Field #Malaria Course this week in Zanzibar. @dhis_2 has revolutionized health data availability for decision makers in >70 countries! 1/2
Could killing mosquitoes 🦟 while they are 'hibernating' during the dry season be the key to eliminating #malaria? 🗝️ - these researchers might be on to something 🔎
https://t.co/JL6KL5h61O
#INSTeCuenta Algunos apartes de lo que ha hecho y está haciendo @INSColombia para la coordinación del #TamizajeNeonatal por laboratorio. Dentro de los retos montar el componente de evaluación externa del desempeño de los Labs 🧪 como lo señala la ley. Más en canal INS vía YouTube