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Scientists unveil drug that kills mosquitoes

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Scientists are studying a drug they claim could reduce malaria transmission.

The head of malaria research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Simon Kariuki, said the drug, Ivermectin, could help prevent the spread of malaria in small communities by 61 per cent.

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