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Higher mosquito blood meals increase malaria transmission – MENAFN.COM
p>London, Jan 2 (IANS) Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes reduce the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential,…
(MENAFN – IANS) p>London, Jan 2 (IANS) Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes reduce the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential, said a study.
Given that mosquitoes feed on blood multiple times in natural settings, the results published in the journal PLOS Pathogens suggest that malaria elimination may be substantially more challenging than suggested by previous experiments, which typically involve a single blood meal.
Malaria remains a devastating…
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