A small number of people who are repeatedly bitten and infected by mosquitoes in each malaria season may account for much of the disease’s spread, according to a new study…
“By linking the blood meals of wild-caught mosquitoes to humans living in the households where they were collected, we have previously shown that mosquitoes feed more often on adults. In this new study we’ve extended this analysis to look at variation in the distribution of mosquito bites among individuals in the same houses at different times during the malaria season.” ~Professor Chris Drakeley, senior author from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[/articltext]Read the full article “Mosquito bite frequency influences malaria spread” at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
