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Ghana confirms new malaria-transmitting mosquito vector
ACCRA: Ghana has confirmed Anopheles stephensi as a new malaria-transmitting mosquito vector for the first time, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced Saturday.The GHS announced this in a press release, saying the mosquito species were identified during routine malaria surveillance nationwide, reported Xinhua.The GHS described the Anopheles stephensi as a unique vector, which breeds in ponds, swamps, and all the traditional breeding sites of the common Anopheles. “But (it) survives in extremely high temperatures during the dry season when malaria transmission usually declines,“ said the GHS, adding it has set up a task force to advise and coordinate its control in the country.According to

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