Monday, January 05, 2004

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fish eat away at malaria in India

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fish eat away at malaria in India: "Fish are being used to control malaria in India with remarkable success, according to researchers from the Indian Council for Medical Research.

The theory is simple: Find fish which like eating mosquito larvae and put them in ponds, rivers and wells where mosquitoes lay their eggs. The eggs hatch, the fish eat the larvae. "

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