To slow malaria, cure mosquitoes with drug-treated bed nets

(Virginia Tech) Researchers found that they could use the same drug -- atovaquone -- used to treat the malaria parasite when a person gets sick, coat mosquito bed nets with it, and let mosquitoes ingest the anti-malarial drug.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news