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Malaria fight under threat as mosquito weed discovered

A new study is now warning that gains made in the fight against malaria in East Africa could be drastically eroded in the coming months.

The study by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) attributes this to an invasive weed that has the ability to sustain the malaria-transmitting mosquito, Anopheles.

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