Mosquito-Transmitted Disease Content

UC Malaria Initiative Expands Acivities to Equatorial Guinea

Andy Fell — October 01, 2025 - 3:01pm

The University of California Malaria Initiative, which includes researchers at �鶹��ý, will partner in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea’s Vision 2030 strategy to eliminate malaria from the Central African country. The plan, which also includes Oxford University, Tsinghua University and a MCD Global Health, was announced Sept. 24 during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

�鶹��ý Receives $10M for Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence

Amy M Quinton — September 08, 2022 - 10:17am

�鶹��ý to tackle mosquito and tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease and West Nile Virus, as part of the Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases.

Identifying Sites for Testing Modified Mosquitoes as a Strategy to Eradicate Malaria

Andy Fell — August 18, 2021 - 10:20am

Over the past several years molecular geneticists have been researching the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to mosquitoes that transmit malaria. This parasitic blood disease inflicts an enormous health burden throughout the tropical world. The numbers are hard to grasp: 229 million infections annually with over 440,000 deaths, mostly children and mostly in Africa.