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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/
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/
malaria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Malaria
2024
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/11/
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funding-un
2023
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/03/
1203306031/a-dream-come-true-now-there-are-2-vaccines-
to-slash-the-frightful-toll-of-malari
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/
health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/26/
1189852024/in-floridas-local-malaria-outbreak-
forgotten-bite-led-to-surprise-hospitalizatio
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theres-just-one-thing
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/06/
safe-and-effective-
first-malaria-vaccine-to-be-rolled-out-in-12-african-countries
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/
1184458169/malaria-cases-in-texas-and-florida-
are-the-first-u-s-spread-since-2003-the-cdc-s
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/
malaria-trial-shows-striking-70-reduction-in-severe-illness-in-children
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/08/
climate-crisis-may-put-8bn-at-risk-of-malaria-and-dengue
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
spread malaria
USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/07/20/
1188631213/mosquitoes-spread-malaria-
these-researchers-want-them-to-fight-it-instead
stamp out malaria
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/30/
malaria-experts-stamp-out-disease-drug-resistance-africa
use genetic engineering
to
block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito
from spreading the
disease USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/
health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html
genetically modified
mosquitoes USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/
health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html
safe and effective
vaccines against malaria >
RTS,S and
R21/Matrix-M USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/03/
1203306031/a-dream-come-true-now-there-are-2-vaccines-
to-slash-the-frightful-toll-of-malari
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