Malaria risk is highest in early evening, study finds

(Penn State) Wide-scale use of insecticide-treated bed nets has led to substantial declines in global incidences of malaria in recent years. As a result, mosquitos have been shifting their biting times to earlier in the evening and later in the morning. In a new study, an international team of researchers has found that mosquitoes are most likely to transmit malaria in the early evening, when people are exposed, then at midnight, when people are protected by bed nets, or in the morning.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news