Colorado State University researchers have discovered that a common and cheap medication used to fight roundworm and other parasites that plague people in Africa may offer an important strategy in the fight against malaria. The drug could prevent the transmission of malaria by killing mosquitoes, according to a CSU study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The drug, called ivermectin, appears to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes that feed on people who are taking it. Researchers discovered a link when the rate of transmission of malaria fell among people taking the drug during a campaign to prevent river blindness. For more videos about CSU, check out Colorado State University's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com
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