Mohammed El-Said An Asian malaria-carrying mosquito that has adapted to urban life has the potential to spread to dozens of cities across the African continent, a new modeling study suggests.
That could put more than 100 million additional people at risk of the deadly disease, including many who were never before exposed to it and have no immunity.The mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, poses a serious new threat for African cities, says Francesca Frentiu, a geneticist at the Queensland University of Technology who was not involved in the research.