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Urban mosquito sparks malaria surge in East Africa

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Anopheles stephensi is an invasive species of mosquito that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide.

It thrives year-round in urban settings, breeding in man-made water storage tanks, gutters or even air conditioning units.

Africa accounted for about 95% of the 249 million malaria cases and 608,000 deaths worldwide in 2022 , according to WHO .

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formal

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English

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58

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