We know a lot about mosquito preferences up close, but how do mosquitoes find us from up to a hundred meters away? From repellants to app-based mosquito monitoring and a new malaria vaccine, researchers are making important breakthroughs in the fight against the biting insects.

The spread of Anopheles stephensi (An. Stephensi) mosquitoes poses a significant threat to malaria elimination in Africa, according to a 2019 vector alert from the World Health Organization (WHO). This malaria vector, formerly o­nly seen in South Asia and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, was detected for the first time in Africa in 2012, in the city of Djibouti. Over the last decade, An.stephensi has been expanding, with cases reported in five different countries o­n the African continent. To respond to this challenge, the WHO recently announced a new initiative aimed at halting the spread of this invasive mosquito species in the region. 

Several new innovations aim to close gaps in anti-malaria efforts by targeting the mosquitoes that spread the disease.

On 15 February 2022, WHO organized an virtual conference to officially issue Guidelines guideline o­n control and elimination of human schistosomiasis. This is the first WHO guidance o­n the evaluation of interruption of schistosomiasis transmission. This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations to support countries in morbidity control and elimination of the disease as a public health problem, and to move towards interruption of transmission.

Helminth Infections and Cardiovascular Diseases: Toxocara Species is Contributing to the Disease; Cardiovascular manifestations of human toxocariasis; Laboratory diagnosis of human toxocariasis; etc.

• Part 4: Latest research studies on Toxocariasis in man (06/21/2019)
• Part 3: Latest research studies on Toxocariasis in man (06/20/2019)
• Part 2: Latest research studies on Toxocariasis in man (06/18/2019)
• Part 1: Latest research studies on Toxocariasis in man (06/15/2019)
• Some new discoveries on mosquito (05/27/2019)