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Published online 9 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050606-13
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Fungi destroy mosquitoes
Live spore spray could curb spread of malaria.
A mouldy house could help combat malaria by killing off the mosquitoes that carry the disease. Researchers have found that an oil-based fungal treatment could be a viable alternative to the insecticides to which mosquitoes have grown resistant.
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