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Sharing bedroom with chicken will keep mosquitoes at bay, study says

The smell of chicken by your bedside could be an effective control measure to keep away mosquitoes.

In a study carried out in East Wollega Zone of western Ethiopia and findings released on Thursday, scientists found out that one of the main species that transmits malaria in sub-Saharan Africa known as Anopheles Arabiensis avoided chicken when looking for hosts.

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