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How to defeat malaria
Video The Economist
25 April 2019
Malaria still kills around 400,000
people a year.
Efforts to eradicate the disease
have stalled because of drug resistance
—but pioneering gene-editing
technology might offer a new solution
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9P5eXtmqw
infectious disease > malaria > explainer
UK / USA
Malaria
is a serious tropical disease
spread by mosquitoes.
If it isn't diagnosed
and treated promptly,
it can be fatal.
A single mosquito bite
is all it takes for someone
to become infected.
(...)
Malaria is caused
by a type of parasite
known as Plasmodium.
There are many different
types of Plasmodia parasites,
but only 5 cause malaria
in people.
The Plasmodium parasite
is mainly spread
by female Anopheles mosquitoes,
which mainly bite
at dusk and at night.
When an infected mosquito
bites a person,
it passes the parasites
into the bloodstream.
Malaria can also be spread
through blood transfusions
and the sharing of needles,
but this is very rare.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/malaria/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/malaria/
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cvenzmgylxwt/malaria
mosquito-borne illness >
malaria UK / USA
Malaria
is caused
by a tiny parasite,
transported by
a particular type of mosquito
from person to person.
Preventing mosquito bites
by using insect repellents
or nets
and clothing
treated with insecticides
can
reduce malaria in some areas.
And if
people are infected,
drugs can
be used
to kill the parasites
in their blood.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/
opinion/sunday/how-to-beat-malaria-once-and-for-all.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/
malaria
2022
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/01/
1133106651/this-urban-mosquito-threatens-to-derail-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/25/
1094677213/malaria-is-making-a-comeback-africas-iron-lady-is-out-to-stop-it
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/06/
1077953012/drug-resistant-malaria-is-emerging-in-africa-doctors-are-worried-yet-hopeful
2021
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/06/1
049356730/more-people-died-of-malaria-in-2020-than-in-2019-heres-why
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/06/
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https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/06/
1010998517/who-greenlights-the-worlds-first-malaria-vaccine-but-its-not-a-perfect-shot
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/06/
who-endorses-use-of-worlds-first-malaria-vaccine-in-africa
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/26/
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/08/
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/
article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00839-4/fulltext - April 24, 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/23/
oxford-malaria-vaccine-proves-highly-effective-in-burkina-faso-trial
2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/
835271594/buzzkill
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/
coronavirus-us-ventilators-new-york-trump-touts-unproven-cure-malaria-drug
2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/
science/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/24/
650501045/mosquitoes-genetically-modified-to-crash-species-that-spreads-malaria
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/24/
613099137/how-a-cheap-magnet-might-help-detect-malaria
2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/05/
548624097/in-a-case-that-is-almost-impossible-girl-dies-of-malaria-in-italy
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/26/
539466224/neglected-tropical-disease-is-striking-in-sri-lanka
https://www.nytimes.com/video/international-home/
100000004881028/malaria-and-the-silent-spring.html - January 2017
https://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/
509482815/new-gene-editing-techniques-hold-the-promise-of-altering-the-fundamentals-of-lif
2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/09/
469845916/studies-reinforce-the-urgency-of-treating-pregnant-women-with-malaria
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/17/
463146954/obamas-upbeat-message-about-ending-malaria-omits-discouraging-signs
2015
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/24/
425646886/why-a-vaccine-that-works-only-a-third-of-the-time-is-still-a-good-deal
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/03/18/
393367086/how-malaria-in-the-brain-kills-doctors-solve-a-medical-mystery
2014
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/30/
malaria-experts-stamp-out-disease-drug-resistance-africa
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/
opinion/sunday/how-to-beat-malaria-once-and-for-all.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/10/
gm-mosquitos-malaria-genetic-modification
2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/11/
250236361/global-malaria-deaths-hit-a-new-low
2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/14/
malaria-retreat-sub-saharan-africa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/dec/08/
frank-fenner-obituary
2005
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/mar/10/
sciencenews.medicineandhealth
2004
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/03/
science.science
stamp out malaria
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/30/
malaria-experts-stamp-out-disease-drug-resistance-africa
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