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Invasive Anopheles stephensi mosquito in urban African environment posing malaria transmission threat in cities
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Urban Malaria Threat Looms as Invasive Mosquito Nears Southern Africa

Michael Gwarisa

Michael Gwarisa Malaria experts have raised alarm over an emerging invasive mosquito species capable of thriving in hot, densely populated urban environments, warning that it could complicate already fragile malaria control efforts across Africa, HealthTimes has learnt. The mosquito, known as Anopheles stephensi, originates from Southeast Asia and has, over the past decade, been detected

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