Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe
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calmond
at 2020-05-04 23:29:56
from the From the other pandemic department dept.
calmond [soylentnews.org] writes:
Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. [bbc.com]
The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has "enormous potential" to control the disease.
Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, so protecting them could in turn protect people.
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