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abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
Mon May 4, 2020, 08:46 AM May 2020

From BBC/Health 5-4-20: Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe (that prevents mosquitoes

from becoming infected)

From article: "Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria.

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.

The researchers are now investigating whether they can release infected mosquitoes into the wild, or use spores to suppress the disease."

more at link: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52530828

This is very interesting and encouraging...

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