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mosquito – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:27:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg mosquito – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Sports Men and Women Urged to Become Malaria Ambassadors http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sports-men-and-women-urged-to-malaria-ambassadors http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sports-men-and-women-urged-to-malaria-ambassadors#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:27:24 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9404 Accra, July 25, GNA – The Country Director of the John Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) Voices, Mr Emmanuel Fiagbey, has called on sports men and women as well as their technical handlers to remain ambassadors in the fight against the malaria disease. Mr Fiagbey charged them to continue to behave as role …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sports-men-and-women-urged-to-malaria-ambassadors/feed 2 ‘Dirty sock smell’ Lures Mosquitoes to a Sticky End http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/dirty-sock-smell-lures-mosquitoes-to-a-sticky Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:23:22 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9399 Researchers in Tanzania have chemically reproduced the stench of smelly feet in an innovative new approach to combat the spread of malaria in the country.

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]]> Newly Identified Chemicals Fool Mosquitoes http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/chemicals-block-mosquitoes-smell-malaria Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:03:25 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9006 Researchers have identified a low-cost chemical that interferes with a mosquito’s ability to detect humans, a study which offers a striking breakthrough in the battle against malaria. Mosquitoes have carbon dioxide sensors with which they are able to smell the presence of humans in their neighborhood. The newly identified chemicals consist of odor molecules that …

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]]> A Smelly Experiment: Mosquito-Eating Spider Likes Smelly Socks http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-mosquito-eating-spider-likes-smelly-socks-odor http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-mosquito-eating-spider-likes-smelly-socks-odor#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:23:18 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7043 A spider that preys on the malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted to the odor of sweaty socks, according to a study.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-mosquito-eating-spider-likes-smelly-socks-odor/feed 1 Comedy Versus Malaria http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/comedy-versus-malaria http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/comedy-versus-malaria#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:02:01 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=1275 A not-for-profit group uses humor to push back against malaria, the disease that takes a child's life every 30 seconds

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/comedy-versus-malaria/feed 1 A Breakthrough in Malaria Research http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-test http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-test#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:21:23 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=802 Scientists from Scotland have reported a major breakthrough  in fight against malaria. The team from Edinburgh University in collaboration with  a team in Portugal  have discovered a gene that offers the drug resistance trait to the parasite. Drug-resistant plasmodium falciparum parasites are a major hindrance in the battle against the deadly disease. Chloroquine, the most …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-test/feed 2 The Hero Mosquito in Sierra Leone http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-hero-mosquito-in-sierra-leone http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-hero-mosquito-in-sierra-leone#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:26:25 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=607 A pedophile who escaped from UK to Sierra Leone grabbed at a hospital after suffering from malaria

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