New malaria mosquito emerges in African cities, and experts are worried

summary

A new malaria mosqito emerged in african cities

this species of mosquito has researchers worried because it is an efficient spreader

The disease has entered southern europe and may soon affect northern europe.

This disease has a treatment and is preventable but there are still 409,000 deaths from 2019

there is an abundant amount of these insects in city water containers.

new words

vectors

Vectors are used in science to describe anything that has both a direction and a magnitude. (exact definition)

Anopheles stephensi

Anopheles stephensi is a primary mosquito vector of malaria in urban India. (exact definition)

questions I have

Is the mosquito carrying a new kind of malaria strain?

How many cases of malaria are these mosquitoes responivle for?

What are its living enviornments ( how long can it live, what temperature can it live at, etc)?