New Study Links 'Super Mosquitoes' To Rising Malaria Rates In Africa
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The research disclosed that in Dire Dawa, malaria instances surged twelvefold during the dry season of 2022 in comparison to 2019.
An invasive super mosquito carrying malaria, originating from Asia, is wreaking havoc in urban areas of Africa. Scientists have, for the first time, confirmed its resistance to all insecticides, leading to a surge in malaria cases across the Horn of Africa.
According to The Telegraph, in recent years, there has been speculation that the arrival of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito-native to parts of Asia and the Arabian Peninsula-in at least five African countries could be behind an unexpected surge in malaria. This increase has been dramatic and fast: in Djibouti, for instance, infections skyrocketed by 2,800 percent in just eight years after the highly adaptable, city-loving super mosquito was first spotted in 2012.
But until now, the "impact of An. stephensi in malaria transmission in Africa has been anecdotal," said Dr Luigi Sedda, an epidemiologist at Lancaster Medical School.
