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Statement from @JohnsHopkins #malaria expert William Moss, MD, MPH on @gavi and @UNICEF announcement of making vaccines more affordable. Moss calls it "a major step" in the fight against malaria.

Statement from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social #malaria expert William Moss, MD, MPH on Gavi Vaccine Alliance and @unicef.org announcement making vaccines more affordable.

Moss calls it "a major step" in the fight against malaria.

In sub-Saharan Africa, mothers often carry their babies on their backs in colorful cotton wraps called lesu 🦟

Could treating these wraps with insecticide help prevent #malaria? 🎙️

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Dr. Yuemei Dong presented her work at last week's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. At the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Dr. Dong works on genetically engineered mosquitoes to find ways to stop transmisison of #malaria.

Dr. Shengzhang Dong of the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute engineers transgenic mosquitoes in the quest to produce mosquitoes that don't transmit disease. He presented his latest research at @astmh.bsky.social.

Dr. Conor McMeniman of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute studies the molecular and celluar basis of mosquitoes' attraction to humans. He discusses his work on "whole-body volitilomics" as it relates to tools to diagnose #malaria faster and more accurately than blood tests.

The team at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is excited to collaborate with Dr. Dawit Hawaria of Hawassa University in Ethiopia. Dr. Hawaria tells us about malaria conditions in his country ... and what he and his colleagues are doing to combat the increase in cases of #malaria.

It's Day 3 of ASTMH 2025 and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is bringing you highlights. Our friend Dr. Himanshu Gupta from GLA University tells us about his exciting research to see if mRNA can be used as a biomarker for severe #malaria. Spoiler alert: it can!

In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, mothers carry their young children on their backs in colorful cotton wraps called lesu. 🦟

Could treating these cloths with insecticide reduce #malaria transmission?

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Ogechi Nwankwoala studies medicine at Boston University. She earned her undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2023. This year, she co-authored a paper with her Hopkins mentor, Dr. Matthew Ippolito of the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute. #ASTMH #IAmTropMed

Johns Hopkins' very own Dr. George Dimopoulos explains his work engineering #mosquitoes so that they no longer transmit #malaria -- or that the parasite that causes the disease actually kills the mosquito when it infects. #iamtropmed #astmh

We ran into an old friend in Toronto! Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa, director of the #Malaria Program at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe! Dr. Mharakurwa helped start the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute nearly 25 years ago. #IAmTropMed

Dr. Melissa Conrad of the Johns Hopkins hashtag#Malaria Research Institute talks about her work tracking a dangerous gene mutation from Southeast Asia to the African continent. Follow all the amazing science with us from the #ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto. #Iamtropmed

Dr. Jason Hendry of the Max Planck Institute of Infection Biology in Berlin talked about drug resistance to malaria ... and how to monitor it. #Iamtropmed

Stay with the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute today and all week for the latest from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto! #iamtropmed

Stay with the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute today and all week for the latest from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto! #iamtropmed

Say cheese! Visit our Selfie Station next to registration sponsored by Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @jhmrimalaria.bsky.social Share your pics using #TropMed25 - you can share them on the app's photo gallery as well!

We're at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's 2025 Annual Meeting in SNOWY Toronto! Stay with us all week for interviews with #malaria experts from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and from around the world!

Background illustration is Toronto skyline at twilight, looking across Lake Ontario. Logo is Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Malaria Research Institute. "Watch for us at next week's ASTMH 2025 annual meeting in Toronto."

The @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social #malaria team is excited for the @astmh.bsky.social annual meeting next week, Nov 9-13.
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Too much can kill the mosquito — too little can also kill it. But the right amount can strengthen the mosquito’s defenses and stop #malaria transmission 🦟

Listen to learn more about the Goldilocks dose with Emma Camacho.

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PODCAST: Feeding mosquitoes L-DOPA can either strengthen their def🦟ences against #malaria or shorten their lifespan — showing that in vector control, the dose makes the difference 🦟

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How do you turn information into insight?

In today's podcast, Bryan Greenhouse discusses a series of “hackathons” bringing together scientists from around the world to tackle one of the biggest challenges in #malaria research: analyzing parasite genetics 🧬

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In Kwale, in Kenya, where bed nets alone can’t stop #malaria, researchers are testing #ivermectin, a ‘wonder drug’ commonly used to treat parasitic infections that can also kill mosquitoes 🦟🎙️

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A new study in Kenya shows that mass drug administration of #Ivermectin safely reduced malaria cases by 26%, offering a promising supplement to insecticide-based prevention 🦟

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Cerebral #malaria and severe malarial anemia have very different clinical presentations 🦟

But new research using omics approaches finds that both types may begin with a common inflammatory trigger.

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Although severe #malaria presents in different clinical forms – such as cerebral malaria or severe malarial anemia – a new study reveals that all severe cases have one thing in common: a shared inflammatory signature.

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The Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announced this week a new medicine to treat newborns and young babies who have malaria. Johns Hopkins malariologist David Sullivan MD, commended the MMV. “MMV continued to push to the last mile to extend dosing of existing artemether/lumefantrine to young infants to make sure they receive curative malaria dosing."

The Insectary at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute produces 50,000 mosquitoes weekly. Chris Kizito, the Insectary manager, is from Uganda. He expl... The Mosquito Maker | The Insectary

Why does Johns Hopkins entomologist Chris Kizito oversee the production of 2.6 million mosquitoes a year? His work is part of the Malaria Research Institute's efforts to knock out #malaria in countries like Kizito's native Uganda.

After more than 70 years of eradication efforts, Suriname has eliminated malaria, according to the World Health Organization.

The South American country becomes the 46th nation/territory — and the 12th in the region of the Americas — to be certified malaria-free by the WHO. 1/2

All of us at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute celebrate Suriname, its people and its Ministry of Health on this monumental achievement!

Congratulations, Suriname! No more #malaria!
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On today's podcast, Dr. Alexandra Probst (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) discusses a breakthrough in #malaria prevention: bed nets coated with anti-parasitic drugs that stop transmission by curing infected mosquitoes 🦟

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On today's Malaria Minute podcast, how next-generation bed nets could stop #malaria by killing the parasites inside mosquitoes, not just the mosquitoes themselves 🦟

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