• 近十年疟疾死亡率下降20%

    11-10-19 There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says. 世界卫生组织称,在过去的十年内,全世界因疟疾死亡的人数下降了20%。 A new report said that one-third of the 1...

  • 蚊子能对蚊帐产生“抵抗力”

    11-08-18 Mosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a new study from Senegal suggests. 塞内加尔的一项新研究显示,蚊子可对带有杀虫剂的蚊帐迅速产生抵抗力。 In recent years the nets have become a leading method of preventing...

  • 沃尔巴克氏菌能杀灭疟原虫

    11-05-20 Wolbachia(沃尔巴克氏体属) are bacteria that infect many insects, including mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia do not naturally infect Anopheles mosquitoes, which are the type that spreads malaria(疟疾) to humans. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Blo...

  • 已感染疟疾可避免二次感染

    11-05-16 A team of researchers have found that pre-existing malaria(疟疾,瘴气) prevents secondary infection by another Plasmodium strain, the parasite responsible for malaria, by restricting iron availability in the liver of the host. This discovery will...

  • 研究人员发现引起疟疾抗药性的基因

    11-04-24 Using a pair of powerful genome-search techniques, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Harvard University, and the Broad Institute have identified several genes that may be implicated in the malaria(疟疾,瘴气) parasite's...

  • 研究人员发现阻止疟疾传播新方法

    10-12-06 University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Dr. John Quigley will describe a promising new approach to blocking malaria(疟疾) transmission during the American Society of Hematology(血液学) 's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Quigley will speak a...

  • 利用数学模型与地图消除疟疾

    10-10-30 Two University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models(数学模型) and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria(疟疾) from countries that have the deadliest form of the disease. Andrew...

  • 印度疟疾死亡人数被低估

    10-10-21 The number of people dying from malaria in India has been hugely underestimated, according to new research. 一项最新研究显示,印度死于疟疾的人数被远远低估。 The data, published in the Lancet, suggests there are 13 times more malaria deaths in India...

  • 疟原虫侵入人体的途径被发现

    10-09-27 Development of an effective vaccine for malaria(疟疾,瘴气) is a step closer following identification of a key pathway used by the malaria parasite(寄生虫) to infect human cells. The discovery, by researchers at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institu...

  • 血液稀释药物肝素对治疗疟疾有一定效果

    10-06-02 New treatments for malaria(疟疾,瘴气) are possible after Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists found that molecules similar to the blood-thinning drug heparin(肝磷脂) can stop malaria from infecting red blood cells. Malaria is an infection...