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In 2021, WHO recommended two malaria vaccines — Mosquirix and R21/Matrix Since 2007, WHO has called April 15 World Malaria Day to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. The book Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in a Healthy World states that there are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes…
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Image for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Science Quiz appears thrice a week in the daily Science page. The page is available to read on all days except Saturday in the epaper. Questions: 1. Malaria is caused by parasites transmitted through the bite of this female mosquito, discovered in 1897…
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