Malaria causing mosquitoes soon to be extinct?

[Grant Johnson]

From: Sci-Dev.net

"A major stumbling block to using GM mosquitoes engineered to stop transmission of malaria may have been solved with a new genetic technique to ensure that they survive and propagate in natural environments.

The first genetically modified (GM) mosquito was produced in 2000 by scientists at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Subsequent studies have shown that such modifications could be used to create mosquitoes with a reduced ability to transmit the deadly Plasmodium parasite responsible for malaria..."

more at Sci-Dev.net
and the full story at: Nature

[lynch180]

[John Kane]

That's good news

[markharf]

The plasmodium parasite has demonstrated much better adaptability than have scientists. For a historical perspective, consider that the invention of DDT was supposed to be the death knell for malaria.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

Mark

[mark manley]

It would be good for everybody if they could eradicate malaria, it seems even our favourite repellant doesn't work.

BBC News - Mosquitoes ignore repellent Deet after first exposure

[anonymous1]

Crikey the mozies are so thick round here at the moment I'm running around slapping ankles and arms, so much so a bloke could be mistaken for a Scotsman doing the highland fling

In all seriousness I think funds and resources would be better put into eradicating the mosquito!

[Shrekonwheels]

Originally Posted by markharf

The plasmodium parasite has demonstrated much better adaptability than have scientists. For a historical perspective, consider that the invention of DDT was supposed to be the death knell for malaria.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

Mark

I now this post is a couple years old but....
Do to poor application practices DDT became a environmental nIghtmare so it would all but disappear. With that said apparently if it is just applied to the inside walls of homes/huts it is very effective and would help cleanse at list urban zones.
According to "scientists" it would be safe unless a human licked the wall.

Common sense says you will touch the wall, sanitation sucks in most places sooo it gets ingested on and on, but it might have some merit.

Messing with Mosquitos genetically scares me, they have been around forever for a reason.

[scruffyscot]

I am currently in Game lodge at the Eastern end of the Caprivi strip in Namibia. We have ridden up from Cape Town. According the the UK NHS we are right in the middle of a hot malaria zone. We have been taking the prophylactics now for 4 days and are suffering from the squirts quite badly as a result?

What intrigues me is that every single local we speak to don't bother with any meds. The 70plus year old guy who owns this lodge doesn't even bother with a net over his bed. He keeps a fan on which he reckons blows them away. He has never had malaria.

I know the stats about it being one of the world's biggest killers but it is astonishing just how relaxed people are about it. Perhaps we are seeing monied people not worrying because they know a private hospital will sort them if needs be but in truth if they got it regularly you wou'd think they would take the meds despite the side effects.

Perhaps it's an education/poverty thing again? I am really struggling to reconcile all the dire warnings received when preparing for this trip with what i see and hear from the people who live here.

[Shrekonwheels]

Originally Posted by scruffyscot

I am currently in Game lodge at the Eastern end of the Caprivi strip in Namibia. We have ridden up from Cape Town. According the the UK NHS we are right in the middle of a hot malaria zone. We have been taking the prophylactics now for 4 days and are suffering from the squirts quite badly as a result?

What intrigues me is that every single local we speak to don't bother with any meds. The 70plus year old guy who owns this lodge doesn't even bother with a net over his bed. He keeps a fan on which he reckons blows them away. He has never had malaria.
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Genetically blacks have a higher resistance to Malaria over other cultures. This is a large part why black slaves were coveted as slaves in swamp areas.

Some people regardless of ethnicity are not as likely to be bit as others, I am not one of them

[Aliprovidor]

This is an old thread but because it is a "Sticky" it is still here and not really helping anyone.
The fear of malaria and/or Dengue is widespread in westerners and is helped along by the people who sell the "Prophylactics" who, in many cases don't even know where the countries, that have supposedly high incidence of the maladies, are in the world.


Malaria drugs are big money and big money causes people to hide things or claim they don't work to maintain their control.


It is possible to cure the worst case of Malaria or Dengue overnight at a cost of about 4 us cents.
The Red Cross tested this cure about 7 years ago in Africa and had a video on You Tube for a couple of months showing the whole trial; the testing of the patients, the blood slides under the microscope before and after and etc.
They removed the video then claimed that the test had never happened. I saw that video and have used the cure, always carry it, for it treats other things as well.
I have told many people about it but I have either been treated as demented or a fool. They say "If it's true, how come we don't know about it?"
If you are a person who is not conditioned to believe everything that conventional medicine and their pharmaceutical advisers tell you, you can go looking and find this information for yourself. Where? On the internet of course. Try a few keywords and it will be there .


Ali.

[backofbeyond]

Conventional medicine has done me ok for the last half a dozen decades (and is currently keeping a number of my friends still on this mortal coil), but never say I'm not open minded about these things and tell me about your 4 cent malaria cure. Do I have to catch it first and then cure it or can it be used prophylactically?

[markharf]

The suggested Google search yields mostly articles and videos debunking claims of Red Cross study, experimentation, and "cure."

Red Cross didn't cure Malaria with MMS | Cogito

https://mylespower.co.uk/2017/01/30/...-cure-malaria/

The highest ranking search results which support the claims of a secret "cure" are really just trying to sell you their very dubious products:

MMS & Malaria Treatment in Africa

If you choose to believe the wild claims, there's not a whole lot anyone can do for you.

IMHO, as always.

Mark