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Can male mosquitoes hold the key to stopping malaria?

14 September 2026 This video was produced by Ms Ayesha Aswat, a Research Assistant/Lab Manager at WITS Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM). It is based on her MSc research on male Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, an important species involved in malaria transmission. Her research investigated a transcript that is particularly active in… Watch on YouTube

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