An international team led by CSU Professor Brian Foy found that they were able to reduce cases of malaria in children in several villages in Burkina Faso by 20 percent, using a drug called ivermectin.

Brian Foy explains the scientific aims of a recent international study in Burkina Faso to reduce malaria transmission using a drug called ivermectin.

To prove that mosquitoes were ‘living syringes’ for infectious disease, Brian Foy’s lab conducted field work in Liberia, collecting & dissecting mosquitoes to track the diseases they carried.

A year after the devastating disease exploded in the Americas, NOVA takes a closer look at how this virus grew to become such a monster, and joining a small band of researchers who knew about Zika before it made headlines.

Colorado State University is at the forefront of Zika research, including testing an ingredient found in grapefruit to see if it can stop the mosquitoes that spread Zika.

Microbiology student researcher Jasmine Donkoh, mentored by Brian Foy, selected to continue her malaria research with prestigious post-baccalaureate fellowship with the National Institutes of Health.

Faculty of the Arthropod-Borne & Infectious Disease Laboratory (AIDL) at Colorado State University offer expertise on frequently asked questions about the Zika Virus outbreak.

A Colorado State University virologist is examining a new way to halt malaria by turning prevention on its head. He plans to give potential human victims a common antiparasitic drug that, when ingested by mosquitoes in a blood meal, kills insect vectors that spread the deadly disease.

Colorado State University researchers have discovered that a common and cheap medication used to fight roundworm and other parasites that plague people in Africa may offer an important strategy in the fight against malaria.