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Treating Mosquitoes May Be a New Way to Fight Malaria

posted by chromas on Saturday March 02 2019, @07:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the buzz-off dept.

MrPlow writes:

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In the lab, treating female mosquitoes with an antimalarial drug stopped parasites from developing[$] inside the insects. Mosquitoes were exposed to the treatment when they landed on a drug-coated glass surface for as little as six minutes, comparable to how long mosquitoes stop on protective bed nets as they hunt for a meal, researchers report online February 27 in Nature.

[...] Malaria, caused by Plasmodium parasites and spread by the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes, is a flulike illness with high fever and chills. Without treatment, it can be fatal: In 2017, there were 219 million cases of malaria worldwide, mostly in Africa, and 435,000 deaths, mainly in children.

Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/treating-mosquitoes-drugs-new-way-fight-malaria

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @09:56PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @09:56PM (#809252)

    That's like saying you can solve urban crime by giving antibiotics to African Americans.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @11:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @11:55PM (#809280)

    As opposed to SWATting them?