Thursday April 16, 2009
Breakthrough in fight against malaria
Steve Connor
Independent
Killer bites are caused by older insects – so scientists have developed a pesticide that attacks only them
The fight against malaria has entered a new phase with an insecticide specifically targeted at older mosquitoes, which scientists believe will be more effective than existing pesticides.
Most malaria infections, which kill about one million people a year, result from humans being bitten by older mosquitoes.
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