Neat News 2019-151 (added 2019-05-31)
Fungus to kill 99 percent of malaria mosquitoes
Public Domain by Jim Gathany
| A fungus has genetically been modified to carry the venom of the funnel-web spider. In a field trial in Burkina Faso, the fungus killed 99 percent of the population of malaria mosquitoes within 45 days. This approach offers an alternative to insecticides in the fight against malaria. This is important since the mosquitoes are becoming resistant against the insecticides. |
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