WSS S4E1: Spreading Avian Malaria in the Tropics: The Middleman Mosquito

22/08/2019 20 min Episodio 30
WSS S4E1: Spreading Avian Malaria in the Tropics: The Middleman Mosquito

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Episode Synopsis

Malaria is a serious disease that threatens human life. This illness, however, is not unique to us and understanding how it effects and is transmitted among other species can be important for controlling it among our own populations. On this episode of Western Science Speaks, our guest, Leticia de Souza Soares from the Department of Biology, talks about how birds specifically pass Malaria to one another through a middleman; the infamous mosquito.