So-called arthropod-borne diseases are human illnesses, commonly transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod vectors like ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies, or fleas. Efforts to strengthen disease ...

Malaria is spread through mosquitoes and can be fatal if it is not treated quickly. The disease is rare in the United States, with just about 2,000 cases each year, according to the Centers for ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors and public health officials about a handful of locally acquired cases of malaria. There hasn’t been a case of malaria caught ...

Malaria is probably the most dangerous disease caused by the parasites transmitted to humans by the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria is still a cause of serious concern for ...

Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year worldwide, and two thirds are children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists have found a treatment that could prevent thousands of these ...

Can data about infections from vectors such as mosquitoes or ticks among travellers arriving from Africa inform local surveillance systems in Africa? Researchers from Europe and the Africa CDC looked ...