One million mosquitoes and 500,000 tests later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
Most malaria drugs are designed to reduce symptoms after infection. They work by blocking replication of the disease-causing parasites in human blood, but they don't prevent infection or transmission via mosquitoes. What's worse, the malaria parasite is developing resistance to existing drugs.