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This is Lindsay Smith Rogers.

Anophilis Stevens Eye, an invasive species of mosquito native to Southeast Asia,

is finding its way to Africa, where it's made a comfortable home in urban areas and spreading

malaria in places and to extents not normally seen. Today, we bring you an extended episode

of Malaria Minute, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins

Malaria Research Institute, where guest host Thomas Locke discusses how researchers are tracking

Stephen's eye and how the invasive species could complicate efforts to control the disease

in Africa.

Let's listen. Malaria in Africa is mainly rural and peaks during the rainy season.

The primary culprit is Africa's main malaria vector, Anophilis Gambier. But another malaria vector,

called Anophili's Stevenci, is making its way into the continent from Southeast Asia.

Anophlea StephenSai can transmit malaria in

both rural and urban settings and breed in small volumes of water. Because it's not dependent on

rainfall, it can transmit the disease all year round. It can even transmit plasmodium vivax

malaria, a form of the disease that can relapse.

In one study in Kenya last year, 16 out of the 55 captured mosquitoes were Anophili's Stephen

Sy, almost a third.

So just how much of a threat is Anophlees Steven-Sai and what can be done?

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