Mosquitoes seem to have adapted to the widespread use of bed nets by shifting their "peak period of aggression", a new study reveals. The widespread use of insecticide-treated nets has been credited with a sharp drop in the number of malarial deaths, especially in sub-Saharan Africa but researchers in two African villages where every household was given a net found that the insects changed their period of "peak aggression" from the middle of the night to the pre-dawn ...Sunday, 23 September 2012
Mosquitoes Overcome Problem of Bed Nets by Simply Waiting for Early Risers to Get Out of Bed
Mosquitoes seem to have adapted to the widespread use of bed nets by shifting their "peak period of aggression", a new study reveals. The widespread use of insecticide-treated nets has been credited with a sharp drop in the number of malarial deaths, especially in sub-Saharan Africa but researchers in two African villages where every household was given a net found that the insects changed their period of "peak aggression" from the middle of the night to the pre-dawn ...
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