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)?